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Two coronavirus cases confirmed in Gaza Strip

Mahmoud Elassal1

Gaza Strip has recorded its first two cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Ministry of Health in the coastal enclave announced Sunday.

"Two Palestinians who had traveled fromPakistan tested positive for the virus," said the ministry's undersecretary,Youssef Abo al-Rish, adding that they have been quarantined in Rafah, a townnear the Egyptian border, and did not enter the strip.