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Today, Monday, the Palestinian government decided to return to a partial closure in the West Bank for a period of two weeks to counteract the spread of the Corona virus.
Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh said at the beginning of the weekly cabinet meeting in Ramallah: “Due to worrying events, we decided … to close all commercial and service facilities from Friday morning until Sunday morning. tomorrow in all the governorates, except bakeries and pharmacies. “
“It will be followed by a shutdown that starts from seven in the afternoon to six in the morning every day for the rest of the next two weeks also in all the provinces,” he added.
Shtayyeh said: “The aim of these limited measures is to control the rapid increase in infections, break the chains of infection and give health teams the opportunity to count injuries.”
The prime minister asked the security services to “apply all the sanctions contained in the instructions of the state of emergency to anyone who violates them.”
He added: “I ask fellow citizens to show a sense of responsibility and adhere to safety measures that include the prevention of gatherings, get-togethers, weddings, funerals and celebrations, and the commitment to wear masks and spacing, especially in closed areas.” .
Yesterday, the Palestinian Territories registered 1,560 new injuries and 16 deaths, in the latest statistics from the Ministry of Health.
Source: “Reuters”
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