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Destruction of Gaza s Covid-19 lab poses high risk of virus spreading, say Palestinian health officials
From CNN s Richard Greene in Jerusalem and Hande Atay Alam in Izmir, Turkey
A medical worker works at the Rimal Clinic in Gaza on April 28. Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/Getty Images
Gaza s main Covid-19 laboratory, the Rimal clinic, is unable to carry out coronavirus testing after being destroyed by Israeli airstrikes, the Hamas-run Palestinian Ministry of Health said, warning the situation “certainly poses a high risk of the spread of the virus.”
The ministry issued the warning in a statement about the effect of Israeli airstrikes on medical facilities in Gaza.
Nearly 1 million extra deaths relating to the Covid-19 pandemic occurred in 29 high income countries in 2020, finds a study published by The BMJ on Thursday.The US with 458,000 deaths topped the list, followed by the UK (94,400), Italy .
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