Gaza reports first COVID-19 cases in general population, declares lockdown

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Gaza reports first COVID-19 cases in general population, declares lockdown
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The cases were from a single family in central Gaza.

Gaza’s health ministry said the cases were uncovered after a woman traveled to the West Bank, where she tested positive. A health ministry spokesman urged everyone who might have visited a supermarket outside a hospital in central Gaza to quarantine themselves and report to medics immediately.

Arrivals had to spend 21 days in the centers on orders from Hamas, the armed Islamist group that has controlled Gaza for over a decade. As a result most Gazans have had little access to the outside world for years due to the blockade, which many compared to a permanent lockdown.

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