APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza- 28 November 2021. Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman of the Gaza health ministry, and Director of Preventive Medicine at the Ministry of Health, Majdi Duhair, speak during a press confernce, in Gaza city.
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza- 28 November 2021. Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman of the Gaza health ministry, and Director of Preventive Medicine at the Ministry of Health, Majdi Duhair, speak during a press confernce, in Gaza city. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Director of Preventive Medicine at the Ministry of Health, Majdi Duhair. 0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman of the Gaza health ministry. STORYLINE: In the past week a heavily mutated Covid variant has been identified, rapidly labelled a "variant of concern" by the World Health Organization and named Omicron. It has been detected in countries including the UK. It is a rapidly evolving situation. Omicron's genetic profile has raised concerns, but there's a shortage of real-world data that means nobody has the complete picture of what it can do. What we know is Omicron has mutations that theoretically help it to spread more quickly and there is mounting evidence of that happening in South Africa. Minister of Health Mai Alkaila said today that 239 new cases of COVID-19, one death and 179 recoveries were registered in Palestine during the last 24 hours. The Health Minister said that in the West Bank, 69 patients of COVID-19 are currently hospitalized, of whom 35 are in intensive care, including 11 on ventilators. She pointed out that the recovery rate in Palestine has so far reached 98.4 percent, while active cases declined to 0.6 percent. Deaths stood at only one percent of total infections. Concerning rollout of vaccines, the Health Minister said a total of 1,430,400 people have been fully vaccinated across Palestine, including 1,032,500 in the West Bank and 397,000 in Gaza. Footage by/APAwire
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