An-Najah News - The Ministry of Health confirmed Yesterday 23 more cases of the novel Covid-19 (coronavirus) in in the West Bank, bringing up the total cases to 217

Kamal Shakhra, director-general for Primary Healthcare at the Ministry of Health, said during the evening briefing on the pandemic that the 23 cases were reported in the governorates of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, ,Ramallah, Nablus and Hebron.

He attributed the rapid increase in the coronavirus cases in Palestine to the gradual return of Palestinian workers in Israel and Israeli colonial settlements to their homes in the West Bank. Workers have previously been encouraged to report themselves to the Ministry of Health to undergo the necessary Covid-19 tests and stay in quarantine.