Hamas said it had received nearly 20,000 coronavirus test kits from the World Health Organization, after warning it could no longer perform testing in the Gaza Strip due to a shortage. The health ministry of the movement initially said on Monday the only laboratory in the territory able to analyse COVID-19 test samples had ceased its work “due to a lack of equipment” and called for urgent action. In a later statement, the ministry said it had received 19,500 kits from the WHO, allowing testing to restart. But the newly arrived batch “is only enough for eight days”, it added. — AFP
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