Palestine: After Declaring Gaza a Red Zone, The Ministry Warns of the Alarming Menace of the Epidemiological Reality

The Ministry of Health has announced Gaza as a red zone, given the surge in the reported COVID-19 cases along with positivity rates of between 30% and 38% for all tested persons. The Gaza health ministry spokesman, Ashraf Al-Qidra illustrated that hospitals are under unbearable pressure to admit the newly admitted patients, as it suffers from an acute shortage in ICU capacity and medications. Al-Qidra warned that the region has only received a couple of thousand vaccine doses that only cover a small portion of the 2- million residents