Paramedics remove a patient from an ambulance at the emergency room of Sha'are Tzedek hospital, March 30, 2020.
As the highly contagious coronavirus (click here) spreads around the world, Israel and the Palestinians struggle to contain a local outbreak that has virtually halted daily life and led to tens of thousands of people entering quarantine.
- 5,358 Israelis have so far tested positive for the coronavirus, with the vast majority of cases mild and 224 recoveries. Twenty patients have died, 94 are in serious condition and 76 are on ventilators. One Israeli tourist died in Italy.
- In the West Bank, 107 cases have been diagnosed so far. One woman in her 60s died. The Palestinian prime minister ordered a lockdown as of last Sunday. In Gaza, 10 cases were diagnosed, the first two after returning from Pakistan.
