Palestinian workers distribute food supplies from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to a house in the Sheikh Redwan neighborhood of Gaza City, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. The United Nations has resumed food deliveries to thousands of impoverished families in the Gaza Strip after a three-week delay caused by fears of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
March 31, 2020
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March 31, 2020 2:49 p.m.
UN begins home food drops for Gaza's needy to stem virus
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A U.N. aid agency Tuesday began delivering food to the homes of impoverished Palestinians instead of making them pick up such parcels at crowded distribution centers — part of an attempt to prevent a mass outbreak of the new coronavirus in the densely populated Gaza Strip.