An-Najah News - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, in a bid to control spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, ordered restriction on movement between the Palestinian governorates.

Breifing the latest updates about the situation in palestine and the govermenet efforts to combat coronavirus, Shtayyeh "the movement between the governorates will be restricted to the minimum, each ministry will be required to reduce the number of its employees who work at the head office in Ramallah".

Shtayyeh Added that buses which travle between the governorates will come to a halt to avoid contact between people and to curtail movement urging people living in the villages and towns not to come to the cities unless it was highly necessary.

"The banks will operate under emergency conditions, while cutting down on their work hours in all governorates" he added.

Shtayyeh called on settlement workers not to go to their places of work since many settlers could be infected with the disease and that the workers who go to work in Israel proper should arrange their long stay at their workplaces because starting Sunday morning no worker will be allowed entry into or exit from Israel for one month.