Palestine tightens precautionary measures to combat COVID-19

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RAMALLAH, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian authorities on Friday tightened the precautionary measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the Palestinian territories.

A complete lockdown and a curfew took effect in the West Bank for two days, amid intensified deployment of security and police barriers to ensure compliance with the tightened measures.

The Hamas-run Ministry of Interior in the Gaza Strip said in a press statement that it closed all mosques, schools, universities and kindergartens.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Minister of Health Mai al-Kaila announced earlier on Friday that the ministry recorded 17 new deaths and 1,968 new COVID-19 cases in the Palestinian territories, bringing the death toll to 890 and the total infections to 108,280. Enditem

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