A population of 2 million people, with a "COVID-19 death" rate of (as far as I've
been able to determine) one, and, Gaza's rulers have announced, four "cases"
just discovered in one family. 

Those people are in agony, due wholly to the lockdown there—for which they
blame the Gaza Governorate, a subsection of the Palestinian Authority, which,
the people sensibly suspect, was paid to lock them down.

You'd think that all those people crammed together would be dropping like flies,
what with the infectiousness of "the coronavirus." They're not. They're dying 
slowly, from the grotesque conditions of their reinforced incarceration. 



Coronavirus outbreak

Gaza enters Covid lockdown as first community cases emerge

Palestinians fear ‘catastrophe’ amid weak healthcare, economic toll and increased tensions with Israel


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/25/fears-of-catastrophic-covid-outbreak-in-gaza-after-first-cases-outside-quarantine-emerge


 in Jerusalem and  in Gaza

Tue 25 Aug 2020 10.13 EDTFirst published on Tue 25 Aug 2020 00.54 EDT

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Palestinians shop after Gaza reported its first cases of COVID-19 in the general population
 Gaza has recorded its first cases of coronavirus outside quarantine facilities, sparking fears of a significant outbreak in the densely populated area. Photograph: APAImages/REX/Shutterstock

As coronavirus spread globally, Gaza was shut off from the world amid fears its fragile healthcare system could not cope with the pandemic. Now the first cases have been detected within the enclave and Palestinians there say they are facing a “catastrophic” situation.

“Gaza has already collapsed,” said Mahmoud Miqdad, a supermarket owner. “No work, no money, no travel, wars, killings, suicides, and now coronavirus. What else can we expect?” asked the 41-year-old.

The people that Covid-19 has cut off from home

 
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Gaza’s 2 million residents were in lockdown on Tuesday after authorities announced four people from the same family had tested positive for coronavirus in the central Maghazi camp. All Gazans returning from Israel or Egypt had to remain isolated at dedicated centres.  

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