Gaza's children ravaged by third wave of COVID-19 pandemic
Children in the Gaza Strip are the latest victims of vaccine scarcity during the coronavirus pandemic.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Iman Naim was admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital in the Gaza Strip suffering from severe coronavirus symptoms. She contracted the virus from her granddaughter Heba, 13, in early September. Since the start of the school year, the infection rate among students has sharply increased during the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
Naim told Al-Monitor, “My granddaughter caught the virus at school, but she only showed mild symptoms including a fever. Then I also started feeling sick with coronavirus symptoms. My condition worsened and I stayed in the hospital for about two weeks.”
During the third wave, the government has not taken any restrictive measures in public places. Naim said, "The government should take stricter measures such as closing schools and markets and halting gatherings."
She added, “The symptoms that people during this third wave are experiencing are much more intense. Cases are on the rise and many need intensive medical care.”
