Vicious third COVID-19 wave hits Gaza Strip
The Deputy Director-General of Primary Health Care, Dr. Magdi Duhair said that the Gaza Strip entered the third wave, and random laboratory results confirmed the presence of the Delta variant.
Dr. Duhair said that the MoH is following up on the developments of the epidemiological situation with more than 600 new infections each day for the past week.
According to the data and indicators of the epidemiological curve, we expect an unprecedented increase in the number of Covid-19 infections in the coming weeks, and its trend will be violent.
Dr. Dhuhair added that the Ministry of Health started the national vaccination campaign for the Covid-19 at the end of last February, with a total of 134,988 people who received the vaccine.
Dr. Dahir stressed that vaccinations are safe and sound, and they are available for people within the age group of 16 years and above.