25 apr 2020
Eleven new coronavirus cases were confirmed today in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, raising the total in Palestine to 495, said Minister of Health Mai Alkaila.
She told the daily briefing on the corona pandemic in Ramallah that nine of the cases were registered in Shuafat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem.
She said the other two cases were for a family of a male nurse who contracted the disease during his work at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem.
Alkaila said two recoveries were confirmed, bringing up the total cases to 105. In the meantime, one relapse case was registered raising the total cases of relapse to 18, at a nationwide average of 3% compared with a global average of 14%.
Alkaila said 328 cases remain under treatment, including 251 ones in East Jerusalem alone and 122 in the outskirts of the city. She added that the cases in occupied East Jerusalem make up 60 percent of the total cases in Palestine, with 26 patients are children below the age of nine.
She said 74 percent of the cases in the West Bank to date are workers in Israel and people who interacted with them and were infected.
A total of 28,500 corona tests were conducted since the outbreak of the pandemic in Palestine in early March, the minister continued.
She told the daily briefing on the corona pandemic in Ramallah that nine of the cases were registered in Shuafat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem.
She said the other two cases were for a family of a male nurse who contracted the disease during his work at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem.
Alkaila said two recoveries were confirmed, bringing up the total cases to 105. In the meantime, one relapse case was registered raising the total cases of relapse to 18, at a nationwide average of 3% compared with a global average of 14%.
Alkaila said 328 cases remain under treatment, including 251 ones in East Jerusalem alone and 122 in the outskirts of the city. She added that the cases in occupied East Jerusalem make up 60 percent of the total cases in Palestine, with 26 patients are children below the age of nine.
She said 74 percent of the cases in the West Bank to date are workers in Israel and people who interacted with them and were infected.
A total of 28,500 corona tests were conducted since the outbreak of the pandemic in Palestine in early March, the minister continued.
24 apr 2020
Four new coronavirus cases were confirmed today in the West Bank, raising total in Palestine to 484 cases, according to Minister of Health Mai Alkaila.
She said during the daily briefing in Ramallah on the coronavirus pandemic that the four new cases were reported in the West Bank governorates of Hebron, Bethlehem, and Jerusalem.
The cases include a male nurse working at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem, where he contracted the disease, and two children, both aged 12.
Alkaila added that 11 patients have recovered in the West Bank raising the total in the Palestinian territories in general to 103, including 18 in occupied Jerusalem.
She said that all the patients at the coronavirus centers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are in good health and no one is currently in ICU.
The health minister said 75 percent of the cases in the West Bank are workers in Israel and people who interacted with them and were infected.
Alkaila added that 12,880 suspected cases are in home quarantine while 246 are in coronavirus quarantine centers in the West Bank and Gaza and 181 in East Jerusalem.
She said during the daily briefing in Ramallah on the coronavirus pandemic that the four new cases were reported in the West Bank governorates of Hebron, Bethlehem, and Jerusalem.
The cases include a male nurse working at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem, where he contracted the disease, and two children, both aged 12.
Alkaila added that 11 patients have recovered in the West Bank raising the total in the Palestinian territories in general to 103, including 18 in occupied Jerusalem.
She said that all the patients at the coronavirus centers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are in good health and no one is currently in ICU.
The health minister said 75 percent of the cases in the West Bank are workers in Israel and people who interacted with them and were infected.
Alkaila added that 12,880 suspected cases are in home quarantine while 246 are in coronavirus quarantine centers in the West Bank and Gaza and 181 in East Jerusalem.
23 apr 2020
One new coronavirus case was confirmed today in the West Bank and five in occupied East Jerusalem, according to Minister of Health Mai Alkaila, raising total in Palestine to 480.
She told the daily briefing on the corona pandemic in Ramallah that the West Bank case is for a Palestinian medic from Dahrieh town who contracted the disease during his work at Augusta Victoria hospital in East Jerusalem, while the other five cases come from three different East Jerusalem neighborhoods.
She said this brings the overall total in Palestine in general, which includes the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, as well as the Gaza Strip, to 480, among them 144 from East Jerusalem neighborhoods located inside the separation barrier, and 17 in the Gaza Strip.
Alkaila said five patients have recovered in the West Bank raising the total in the Palestinian territories in general to 92, including 18 in occupied Jerusalem.
She said that all the patients at the corona centers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are in good health and no one is currently in ICU.
She also said 384 cases remain under treatment with the recovery of 74 in the West Bank and Gaza and death of two patients in the West Bank. Two Palestinian patients have also died in East Jerusalem.
The health minister said 75 percent of the cases in the West Bank are workers in Israel and people who interacted with them and were infected.
A total of 27,000 corona tests were conducted so far, she added, and that 10,318 suspected cases are in home quarantine while 250 are in corona quarantine centers in West Bank and Gaza and 134 in East Jerusalem.
She told the daily briefing on the corona pandemic in Ramallah that the West Bank case is for a Palestinian medic from Dahrieh town who contracted the disease during his work at Augusta Victoria hospital in East Jerusalem, while the other five cases come from three different East Jerusalem neighborhoods.
She said this brings the overall total in Palestine in general, which includes the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, as well as the Gaza Strip, to 480, among them 144 from East Jerusalem neighborhoods located inside the separation barrier, and 17 in the Gaza Strip.
Alkaila said five patients have recovered in the West Bank raising the total in the Palestinian territories in general to 92, including 18 in occupied Jerusalem.
She said that all the patients at the corona centers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are in good health and no one is currently in ICU.
She also said 384 cases remain under treatment with the recovery of 74 in the West Bank and Gaza and death of two patients in the West Bank. Two Palestinian patients have also died in East Jerusalem.
The health minister said 75 percent of the cases in the West Bank are workers in Israel and people who interacted with them and were infected.
A total of 27,000 corona tests were conducted so far, she added, and that 10,318 suspected cases are in home quarantine while 250 are in corona quarantine centers in West Bank and Gaza and 134 in East Jerusalem.
22 apr 2020
Israeli Defense Minister, Naftali Bennett, reportedly decided on Wednesday, that Israel will stop providing the necessary Coronavirus tests for cases from the Israeli-besieged Gaza Strip.
Israeli media reports said that Bennet’s decision came following a series of discussions among Israeli army officials that have so far failed to approve conducting tests for fifty potential Gaza-based Coronavirus patients.
According to those reports, the decision came shortly after the Israeli army allowed entry and testing of 100 samples from Gaza, based on coordination between Israel and other relevant international health organizations.
The testing took place in a nearby Israeli military site, called Tservin, with the help of the Israeli government’s so-called ‘coordinator’ for the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Israeli ‘coordinator’ has recently helped bring Coronavirus samples from Gaza, via the Israel-controlled Erez checkpoint in north of the coastal enclave.
Bennett’s latest order has reportedly been made with a series of other Israeli army decisions.
An Israeli military source, quoted on condition of anonymity said, “It is a mistake that Israel stops doing such tests for Gaza’s potential patients.
Preventing the spread of Coronavirus tests comes in Israel’s best interest, as Gaza is directly adjacent to Israeli communities, in south of the country”.
Over the past several weeks, Palestinian health ministry officials in the Israeli-besieged Gaza Strip have been appealing to all concerned international bodies to ship much needed testing kits for the Coronavirus, so the health ministry itself can carry out the tests.
Earlier, spokesperson for the Gaza-based health ministry, Dr. Ashraf Alqedra, told media outlets that doing the tests in Gaza is much easier and much less time-consuming than sending samples via border crossings.
Currently, only a very limited number of testing kits are available in the coastal territory, with the health authorities there appealing for more shipments of the kits.
Israeli media reports said that Bennet’s decision came following a series of discussions among Israeli army officials that have so far failed to approve conducting tests for fifty potential Gaza-based Coronavirus patients.
According to those reports, the decision came shortly after the Israeli army allowed entry and testing of 100 samples from Gaza, based on coordination between Israel and other relevant international health organizations.
The testing took place in a nearby Israeli military site, called Tservin, with the help of the Israeli government’s so-called ‘coordinator’ for the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Israeli ‘coordinator’ has recently helped bring Coronavirus samples from Gaza, via the Israel-controlled Erez checkpoint in north of the coastal enclave.
Bennett’s latest order has reportedly been made with a series of other Israeli army decisions.
An Israeli military source, quoted on condition of anonymity said, “It is a mistake that Israel stops doing such tests for Gaza’s potential patients.
Preventing the spread of Coronavirus tests comes in Israel’s best interest, as Gaza is directly adjacent to Israeli communities, in south of the country”.
Over the past several weeks, Palestinian health ministry officials in the Israeli-besieged Gaza Strip have been appealing to all concerned international bodies to ship much needed testing kits for the Coronavirus, so the health ministry itself can carry out the tests.
Earlier, spokesperson for the Gaza-based health ministry, Dr. Ashraf Alqedra, told media outlets that doing the tests in Gaza is much easier and much less time-consuming than sending samples via border crossings.
Currently, only a very limited number of testing kits are available in the coastal territory, with the health authorities there appealing for more shipments of the kits.
One new coronavirus case was confirmed today for a Palestinian woman resident of Kufr Aqab, a neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem located on the Ramallah-side of Israel’s separation barrier, said Minister of Health Mai Alkaila.
She said this brings the overall total in Palestine in general, which includes the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, as well as the Gaza Strip, to 474, among them 139 from East Jerusalem neighborhoods located inside the separation barrier, and 17 in the Gaza Strip after two new cases confirmed yesterday.
She told the daily briefing on the corona pandemic in Ramallah that all the patients at the corona centers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are in good health and no one is currently in ICU.
Alkaila said 389 cases remain under treatment with the recovery of 69 in the West Bank and Gaza and death of two patients in the West Bank. Two Palestinian patients have also died in East Jerusalem.
She said 75 percent of the cases in the West Bank are workers in Israel and people who interacted with them and were infected.
A total of 26,000 corona tests were conducted so far, said Alkaila, adding that 10,790 suspected cases are in home quarantine and 253 are in corona quarantine centers.
She said this brings the overall total in Palestine in general, which includes the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, as well as the Gaza Strip, to 474, among them 139 from East Jerusalem neighborhoods located inside the separation barrier, and 17 in the Gaza Strip after two new cases confirmed yesterday.
She told the daily briefing on the corona pandemic in Ramallah that all the patients at the corona centers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are in good health and no one is currently in ICU.
Alkaila said 389 cases remain under treatment with the recovery of 69 in the West Bank and Gaza and death of two patients in the West Bank. Two Palestinian patients have also died in East Jerusalem.
She said 75 percent of the cases in the West Bank are workers in Israel and people who interacted with them and were infected.
A total of 26,000 corona tests were conducted so far, said Alkaila, adding that 10,790 suspected cases are in home quarantine and 253 are in corona quarantine centers.
21 apr 2020
Palestine confirmed Tuesday evening five new coronavirus cases, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the occupied territories to 466.
The Health Ministry announced that three Palestinians, including a 6-year-old child, from Kafr Aqab town, north of Jerusalem, and two others from the besieged Gaza Strip tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the total number of confirmed patients has increased to 466, including 132 in the occupied city of Jerusalem.
The Health Ministry announced that three Palestinians, including a 6-year-old child, from Kafr Aqab town, north of Jerusalem, and two others from the besieged Gaza Strip tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the total number of confirmed patients has increased to 466, including 132 in the occupied city of Jerusalem.
Nafouz Joulani 57
A 57-year-old Palestinian woman from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan has become the second fatality from coronavirus in the occupied city, according to local activists.
Munir al-Ghoul, from the Silwan emergency committee, said Nafouz Joulani has died at Hadassah hospital in West Jerusalem last night after contracting the disease. He said she had some chronic health issues.
Joulani is the second Palestinian woman to die from the virus in East Jerusalem. The first was also a woman from Issawiyeh neighborhood.
While number of corona cases in the occupied city is not clear, Palestinians believe they number over 120 and often add the number to the general Palestinian figure, which now stands at four deaths and 449 cases, including 327 cases in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and two fatalities in the West Bank.
Israel, which controls the city, has over 13,000 cases and 180 fatalities.
A 57-year-old Palestinian woman from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan has become the second fatality from coronavirus in the occupied city, according to local activists.
Munir al-Ghoul, from the Silwan emergency committee, said Nafouz Joulani has died at Hadassah hospital in West Jerusalem last night after contracting the disease. He said she had some chronic health issues.
Joulani is the second Palestinian woman to die from the virus in East Jerusalem. The first was also a woman from Issawiyeh neighborhood.
While number of corona cases in the occupied city is not clear, Palestinians believe they number over 120 and often add the number to the general Palestinian figure, which now stands at four deaths and 449 cases, including 327 cases in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and two fatalities in the West Bank.
Israel, which controls the city, has over 13,000 cases and 180 fatalities.
20 apr 2020
Seven new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Palestine today raising total to 329, according to Ministry of Health spokesman Kamal Shakhra.
He said at the daily briefing on the outbreak in Palestine that the seven cases include two from the West Bank village of Beit Anan near Ramallah, two from Kufr Aqab, an East Jerusalem neighborhood located on the Ramallah side of Israel’s separation wall, one from Nablus who contracted the disease while working at Augusta Victoria hospital in East Jerusalem and is kept at the hospital, and two from the Gaza Strip of a man and his wife who recently returned home from abroad across Rafah crossing with Egypt and had been kept in isolation since then.
With the new two cases in Gaza, the total in the sea enclave is now 15, including 11 who recovered, and the rest are in the West Bank. The number in Gaza may increase since after testing 300 cases of returnees, two came out positive and 350 tests are still in the laboratories.
Shakhra also said two people from Bethlehem who had recently recovered had once again tested positive for the disease, putting the total of recovered now at 69. Two dead in the West Bank.
He also said 120 cases are in East Jerusalem even though this figure is not official, and one dead from the occupied city.
He said at the daily briefing on the outbreak in Palestine that the seven cases include two from the West Bank village of Beit Anan near Ramallah, two from Kufr Aqab, an East Jerusalem neighborhood located on the Ramallah side of Israel’s separation wall, one from Nablus who contracted the disease while working at Augusta Victoria hospital in East Jerusalem and is kept at the hospital, and two from the Gaza Strip of a man and his wife who recently returned home from abroad across Rafah crossing with Egypt and had been kept in isolation since then.
With the new two cases in Gaza, the total in the sea enclave is now 15, including 11 who recovered, and the rest are in the West Bank. The number in Gaza may increase since after testing 300 cases of returnees, two came out positive and 350 tests are still in the laboratories.
Shakhra also said two people from Bethlehem who had recently recovered had once again tested positive for the disease, putting the total of recovered now at 69. Two dead in the West Bank.
He also said 120 cases are in East Jerusalem even though this figure is not official, and one dead from the occupied city.
