Informes

HIGHLIGHTS First fatality from COVID-19 recorded in East Jerusalem. First new COVID-19 cases in Gaza reported in nearly two weeks. The Inter-Agency Response Plan for the COVID-19 crisis is currently under revision to include emerging needs. SITUATION OVERVIEW As of 21…

HIGHLIGHTS • Second fatality recorded in the oPt. • Undocumented COVID-19 cases in East Jerusalem of increasing concern. • The Inter-Agency Response Plan for the COVID-19 crisis, over 80 per cent funded, is currently under revision to include critical…

Education Programme 1. Impact of current situation on programme delivery All UNRWA school installations remain closed, in line with the decisions of the Host countries, affecting 533,000 UNRWA school students and 8,000 young people in the VTCs, ESF…

HIGHLIGHTS • State of Emergency across the oPt extended through early May 2020. • Increasing shortages in personal protective equipment (PPE) kits and supplies to conduct COVID-19 tests. • The Inter-agency Response Plan for the COVID-19 crisis is 86…

(Al-Bireh - 17/3/2020): PRCS signed on March 17, 2020, an Agreement with the Military Medical Services of Palestine (MMS) on the allocation of EMS roles and tasks in response to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The Agreement was…

1. Crisis overview On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). A pandemic was declared by…

1. Latest epidemiological situation on COVID-19 at field level COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in three fields: Lebanon, West Bank and Jordan. As of 11 March 2020, the number of confirmed cases and deaths are: 61 and…

Background On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (or COVID-19) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)1 under the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005). According…

HIGHLIGHTS From 01 November to 31 December 2019, one Palestinian was killed and 629 were injured as a result of Great March of Return (GMR) demonstrations in the Gaza Strip. 34 Palestinians were killed (including 8 children and…

Highlights • In 2019, over 382,000 people were supported with improved access to safe drinking water in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank following the rehabilitation of water systems. Around 17,400 people had improved access to…