APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 21 March 2021. Conference of the Ministry of Health in Gaza City .
01.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Magdy Dahir, Director of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health
02.SOUNDBITE (Arabic)Ashraf al-Qadra, Spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip
03.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr.. Rami Al-Abadla, Director of Infection Control at the Ministry of Health in Gaza
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The spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Dr. Ashraf Al Qidrah, today, Sunday, that the Gaza Strip is witnessing a remarkable increase in the number of new cases of the Coronavirus, while it exceeded the barrier of 300 cases within 24 hours.
In a press conference in Gaza City, Al-Qidra explained that the cases that receive treatment in hospitals have reached 113 cases, of which 75 are between serious and critical, and this indicates that Gaza is witnessing a remarkable increase in the number of injuries.
Al-Qidrah stressed that health indicators are under daily follow-up by the competent committee in the ministry, and that health is constantly following the epidemiological situation to take appropriate measures.
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