Two Palestinians infected with coronavirus: Ministry of Health

Palestinian health officials said Sunday that the first two cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed in the densely populated Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that medical confirmed that two Palestinians who had travelled from Pakistan and entered Gaza via Egypt tested positive.

Late Saturday evening, they were quarantined in Rafah, near the Egyptian border, since their arrival on Thursday.

In addition, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, Yusuf Abu al-Rish, confirmed at a press conference that two citizens returning from Pakistan were infected last Thursday, and that the two cases were quarantined and did not enter the Gaza Strip.

Schools, public markets and function halls in Gaza have been closed for the past two weeks to reduce the risk of corona spread.