On Aug. 23, health authorities announced that cases of the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant have been detected in the besieged enclave as the world enters a new stage of the pandemic.
The Palestinian Health Ministry is providing vaccines to the Gaza Strip residents free of charge in more than 300 medical centers. However, inoculation numbers remain very low, with only 130,000 residents vaccinated among a population of 2 million, according to data from the Health Ministry.
