Gaza officials warn fragile health care system ‘cannot survive’ coronavirus
After Gaza confirmed two cases of the coronavirus, health officials fear the territory is not prepared to handle the expected spread.
Health officials in the Gaza Strip are sounding the alarm after two cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in the besieged territory. The densely populated strip announced its first confirmed cases of COVID-19 March 22.
“We are more concerned now than we have been by the Israeli military attacks over the past 20 years,” Dr. Abdullatif al-Haj, an official in Gaza’s Ministry of Health, told Al-Monitor. “Our already fragile health system cannot survive,” said Haj.
