Palestinian Authority reimposes lockdowns amid lack of vaccines

A year after the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in the Palestinian territories, the government reimposed total lockdown measures in several governorates in the West Bank amid the unprecedented rise in cases and deaths and the drained health care sector.
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This aerial view shows the Church of Nativity and the surrounding area, almost deserted during a lockdown imposed by the Palestinian authorities to slow the spread of the coronavirus, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, on March 10, 2021. - HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images
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RAMALLAH, West Bank — Israel officially launched on March 8 its vaccination campaign against COVID-19 for Palestinian laborers who hold work permits in Israel or in its settlements in the West Bank.

Staff at Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s paramedic and Red Cross service, vaccinated workers with the Moderna vaccine at checkpoints and military crossings and in the industrial areas in the West Bank. Around 700 Palestinian workers received the vaccine as part of a pilot campaign.

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