Children walk back to school in Gaza after five-month shutdown

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Hundreds of thousands of children walked through the streets of the Gaza Strip on Saturday to return to classes after five months of shutdown - ...

Palestinian students are seen through a window as they sit in a classroom at a United Nations-run school as a new school year begins amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease , in Gaza City August 8, 2020.

Just 78 infections and one death have been recorded in quarantine centres. But, fearing any outbreak would overwhelm the health system, the territory's Islamist Hamas-run education ministry shut down schools in March and students completed the remainder of the school year online. "So far in Gaza the situation is better, and it allows us to open schools normally," he told Reuters.Health workers will sanitise Gaza's 751 schools twice a day, officials said. Children do not have to wear masks but must bring their own lunch and outdoor breaks are banned.

 

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