The overcrowded and densely populated Gaza Strip could be a fertile ground for the spread of COVID-19, thinks a Gaza-based doctor. Unable to stop its spread and desperate for solutions, Hamas has turned to israel for help.
It appears that Tel Aviv is happy to assist the Islamic group not only to avoid a spillover of the disease but also to avert the potential rocket fire that might follow if the situation continues to deteriorate. After declaring the Gaza Strip was void of COVID-19, which has killed more than 35,000 people worldwide, Hamas finally acknowledged that the virus has reached their territories too.
Initially, only two people were infected by the deadly virus. Those cases came from Pakistan via Egypt, queuing with others at the crossing that connects the Sinai Peninsula to the enclave. Those individuals as well as the people they came in direct contact with were obliged to sign a paper requiring them to quarantine themselves for 14 days.
Hamas has also introduced a number of other measures in order to curb the spread of the virus. These included the construction of a thousand quarantine units in the northern and southern parts of the Strip, the shutting down of mosques, and the closing down of Gaza's crossings. That, however, didn't stop the pandemic from spreading.
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