Palestine – Coronavirus causes city of Bethlehem to be completely closed

Bethlehem – West Bank 07/03/2020

The Palestinian government announced yesterday, the closure of Bethlehem, in the south of the West Bank, and the cancellation of all reservations of tourist delegations and quarantine on dozens of tourists inside a hotel in the city.The government also issued, during its last meeting, instructions to the security services to take legal measures against anyone who penetrates the home quarantine or endangers his and others ’health by arresting and subjecting him to quarantine, and the authorities there announced that the number of people infected with the virus had risen to 22.