The Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday announced a one-month extension of a state of emergency imposed in the Occupied West Bank to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus.
According to the official WAFA news agency Abbas extended the state of emergency by one month starting Tuesday 5 May.
In place since March the emergency measure has introduced a full lockdown that confined Palestinians to their homes except for essential travel.
PA Minister of Health Mai al-Kaila said in a statement that 10 new COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases were confirmed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem on Tuesday which raises the total number of infections in Palestine to 532.
