First Coronavirus Cases Confirmed in the Palestinian Gaza Strip

First Coronavirus Cases Confirmed in the Palestinian Gaza Strip
Palestinians swim in the Mediterranean Sea at a beach in Gaza City on Aug. 14, 2015. MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images
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GAZA—The first two cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the densely-populated Gaza Strip, Palestinian health officials said on Sunday.

Two Palestinians who had traveled from Pakistan and entered Gaza through Egypt had tested positive for the virus late on Saturday and have been in quarantine in Rafah, a town near the Egyptian border, since their arrival on Thursday, the Gaza health ministry said.