Palestinian children, wearing protective face masks, look out of their damaged home amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in the northern Gaza Strip September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
GAZA (Reuters) - The coronavirus may have been slow to reach the sealed-off Gaza Strip, but Palestinians in the densely populated enclave have been quick to embrace mask-wearing to try to contain its spread.
Five weeks into an outbreak of COVID-19 among the general population in the territory, restaurants, many shops, schools, mosques and other public facilities remain closed, and a night-time curfew is in effect.
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