Palestinian workers load sacks of flour distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) on a tuk-tuk to distribute to poor refugee families at Sheikh Redwan neighborhood in 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. UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, provides staples like flour, rice, oil …
March 31, 2020
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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.