RAMALLAH, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- A senior Palestinian official announced on Friday that the health ministry will make more efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the Palestinian territories amid surge in daily fatalities and infections.
Ali Abed Rabbo, director of the preventive medicine department at the health ministry, told Xinhua that the ministry will designate special departments and hospitals to provide treatment to the infected cases in all districts.
Meanwhile, the health ministry recorded on Friday 692 new COVID-19 cases and eight more deaths in the Palestinian territories, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 44,037 and the death toll to 286. Enditem
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