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Virus Outbreak Palestine

Palestinian Health Department teams mourn the death of fellow medic Samira Helles -- a senior 58-year-old physician in the maternity department at Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospita -- after being infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus, during her funeral in Gaza City on April 26, 2021. - Health authorities in Gaza say the situation turned more dire following the emergence last month of the more contagious British coronavirus variant, which fuelled a surge in cases among younger Palestinians. Last week the enclave of some two million people registered a pandemic record of 23 deaths in a single day. Around 850 Gazans have died from Covid-19, while the territory is expected to cross the 100,000 case threshold within days. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto)

Photo ID	#6658052
Date Taken	26 April 2021
Location	N/A
Photographer	Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto
Category	Health
Copyright	© 2026 NurPhoto - Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto

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