Palestinian policemen in the besieged Gaza Strip wear face masks as a precaution measure against the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The day before, two cases have been confirmed in the Strip. Military offensives and the 10-year Israeli siege on Gaza has left it with a short-staffed and under-equipped health system already on the verge of collapse even before the current crisis. There are only about 70 ICU beds serving a population of roughly two million.
