An-Najah News - Ramallah – The government’s spokesman, Ibraheem Melhem, confirmed today in a press conference that there are twenty doctors, nurses and medical assistants in quarantine due to being in contact with a person infected with the coronavirus.

However, the Chief medical officer, Dr. Shawqi Sabha, confirmed that it is untrue and the medical staff is still in their work even though they were in contact with the infected person.

Dr. Sabha confirmed that the situation is going to be catastrophic especially with the capabilities we have, and he furtherly believes that there are a lot of coronavirus cases that we haven’t discovered yet.

“What we need now is providing the medical staff with the minimum needs for protection, because the medical staff is all we have now,” he said.

“I confirm to you that the situation is so bad, and if the conditions stayed as they are now, we have a lot of things to unveil” Sabha added.