COVID-19 in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under the political

Abstract: COVID-19 is a serious pandemic with variation of spread, morbidity, and fatalities between countries. Palestinians are facing the epidemic, with around 2 million inhabitants under siege in the highly populated Gaza Strip for the last 14 years. The siege may be the main threat for the spread of disease among the Palestinian population. The Palestinians faced the Corona epidemic with limited facilities in their hand. However, the risk factors remain multiple, the most important are overcrowding in the Gaza Strip, poor health care facilities, and the risk of workers moving between the West Bank and Israel. Palestinian Health authorities responded directly to the pandemic and took strict closure measures to prevent rapid spread. The Palestinian strategy has focused on social spacing, personal hygiene, control of border crossings and health preparedness to deal with medical cases while continuing to provide health services to the population. The difficult economic situation is the major.... https://www.seejph.com/index.php/seejph/article/view/3543

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: COVID-19 in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under the political ; day:27 ; month:06 ; year:2020 ; South eastern european journal of public health ; (27.06.2020)

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Urheber: Yehia Abed

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.4119/seejph-3543
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020070114403672627510
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 14.08.2025, 10:53 MESZ