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West Bank to Go on a Partial Two-Week Lockdown

November 23, 2020

By Αssociated Press

FILE- Palestinian sisters Kainat and Karema Quraan show documents of land ownership of land on which some of the Psagot vineyards and a winery building were established, at their home in the West Bank city of Al-Bireh, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. (AP Photo / Majdi Mohammed)

FILE- Palestinian sisters Kainat and Karema Quraan show documents of land ownership of land on which some of the Psagot vineyards and a winery building were established, at their home in the West Bank city of Al-Bireh, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. (AP Photo / Majdi Mohammed)

JERUSALEM — The Palestinian Authority in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has announced a partial two-week lockdown to clamp down on the coronavirus’ spread as new cases have rapidly increased.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said Monday that the West Bank will be under a full lockdown over the weekends, and a curfew will be imposed from 7 p.m. until 6 a.m. on weekdays. All non-essential businesses will be closed during the periods of lockdown.

The Palestinian Health Ministry has recorded over 3,000 new cases of the coronavirus in the West Bank in the past week, and a total of more than 84,000 since the beginning of the pandemic. It says at least 714 Palestinians have died from the disease.

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