An-Najah News -  According to Health Minister Mai al-Kaileh, Palestine recorded 1,561 new Covid-19 cases and 29 deaths.

Al-Kaileh announced that 1,561 Palestinians tested positive for the virus and 29 others died of it in the occupied territories.

Among the new 1,561 cases, 1,045 cases were recorded in the West Bank and 516 cases in the Gaza Strip.

Al-Kaileh identified the 29 deaths as 17 deaths from the West Bank and 12 others from the Gaza Strip.

She pointed out that 124 Covid-19 patients are still hospitalized in intensive care units, including 33 who are connected to ventilators.

An-Najah News - Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said Monday at the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting held in Ramallah that coronavirus vaccine, which Palestine expects to start arriving early next year, will not be compulsory, and priority will be given to medical staff and the elderly, today said affirming that Shtayyeh Palestine will adopt the World Health Organization standard in the vaccination.

"All Palestinians are a priority to us. But there are people who are more vulnerable to infection than others, be it medical personnel, ill people, the elderly, etc.. All of this will be based on a sound and clear basis," he said.

Palestinian health officials said four million doses of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, are expected in Palestine in the near future.