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A picture taken with a drone shows Palestinians burying the body of a man, who died after contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a cemetery in the central Gaza Strip April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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epa09118491 A view of the closed United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school amid the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Gaza City on, 06 April 2021. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER
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Palestinian medics work at al-Shifa Hospital amid a spike in coronavirus cases, in Gaza City on April 7, 2021. / AFP / MAHMUD HAMS
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epa09118489 Palestinians girls walk next the closed United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school amid the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Gaza City on, 06 April 2021. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER
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Children study outside their home in Rafah camp for Palestinian refugees in the southern Gaza Strip on April 6, 2021, amidst a lockdown due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. / AFP / SAID KHATIB
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A picture taken with a drone shows Palestinians burying the body of a man, who died after contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a cemetery in the central Gaza Strip April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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epa09118491 A view of the closed United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school amid the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Gaza City on, 06 April 2021. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER
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Palestinian medics work at al-Shifa Hospital amid a spike in coronavirus cases, in Gaza City on April 7, 2021. / AFP / MAHMUD HAMS
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epa09118489 Palestinians girls walk next the closed United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school amid the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Gaza City on, 06 April 2021. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER
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Children study outside their home in Rafah camp for Palestinian refugees in the southern Gaza Strip on April 6, 2021, amidst a lockdown due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. / AFP / SAID KHATIB
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A picture taken with a drone shows Palestinians burying the body of a man, who died after contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a cemetery in the central Gaza Strip April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Medication and medical staff shortages cause surge in Gaza Covid deaths
Hospitals close to capacity as case numbers increase
Nagham Mohanna
Rosie Scammell
21 April, 2021
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