Research paper: The Palestinian division and the fight against COVID-19 — Maysara Abu Sultan
Talk of coronavirus in Palestine began on 22 February 2020, when the prime minister closed every facility visited by a Korean tourist delegation later found infected. The paper traces how the 2007 division compounded the pandemic's fallout.
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- 2020-07-16
Introduction
Talk of the coronavirus in Palestine began when the Palestinian prime minister decided on 22 February 2020 to close all the establishments and restaurants visited by the Korean tourist delegation, some of whose members proved infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) upon their return home. The political division that occurred in 2007 has weighed negatively on the Palestinian situation. The grave repercussions of the division for the efforts to confront the corona pandemic in Palestine can be set out as follows:
