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Private sector asked to help cover Palestinian COVID-19 costs

Officials issue call on Palestinians to help with the growing social and medical expenses from the coronavirus outbreak.
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - APRIL 07: Health Care Personnel are seen as 11 patients, infected with novel coronavirus (COVID-19), are being discharged from the Hugo Chavez Hospital following their full recovery, at Turmus Ayya town, northeast of Ramallah in West Bank on April 07, 2020. (Photo by Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian government is soliciting donations from the private sector and individual citizens for a fund to help deal with the social and health damage caused by the coronavirus outbreak in the Palestinian territories.

The Waqfat Izz (Dignified Stand) fund began accepting donations in early April and within hours had received $7 million, officials said, adding that they hope to more than quadruple that figure.

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