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Fears over outbreak of coronavirus in Gaza

The United Nations has warned that poverty and a debilitated health system in the Palestinian territories would make an outbreak of the coronavirus particularly disastrous. There are only a handful of confirmed cases of the disease in Gaza so far. But few think it will stay that way. Najla Shawa is the food security manager at Oxfam in Gaza.

(Photo: Palestinian artist puts a protective painted face mask on a girl in Gaza City. Credit: Reuters)

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