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FILE - In this Sunday, March 15, 2020 file photo, A Palestinian Health worker sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus in a gymnasium in Gaza City. The Gaza Strip has been largely cut off from the rest of the world for more than a decade by an Israeli-Egyptian blockade. But the coronavirus has found a way in. Fearing a widespread outbreak after nine confirmed cases, Gaza’s Hamas leaders are racing to build two massive quarantine complexes and prepare the overcrowded territory not equipped to deal with a new health crisis. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

FILE - In this Sunday, March 15, 2020 file photo, A Palestinian Health worker sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus in a gymnasium in Gaza City. The Gaza Strip has been largely cut off from the rest of the world for more than a decade by an Israeli-Egyptian blockade. But the coronavirus has found a way in. Fearing a widespread outbreak after nine confirmed cases, Gaza’s Hamas leaders are racing to build two massive quarantine complexes and prepare …

March 30, 2020

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Fearing Gaza virus spread, Hamas preps for mass quarantines
March 30, 2020 7:39 a.m.

Fearing Gaza virus spread, Hamas preps for mass quarantines

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — When Nima Amraa returned to the Gaza Strip from neighboring Egypt earlier this month, she was surprised to learn she was being placed in a makeshift quarantine center set up by the ruling Hamas group.