TWO MORE PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS TESTED FOR COVID POSITIVE

  • 24/10/2020

Two more senior Palestinian officials have tested positive for Covid-19 as veteran chief negotiator Saeb Erekat fights for his life in an Israeli hospital, AFP reported.Palestine Liberation Organisation central committee member Azzam al-Ahmad said he and social development minister Ahmed Majdalani had both joined the growing list of Palestinian officials who have contracted the virus.Others include high-profile PLO official Hanan Ashrawi and a Hamas leader in Gaza, Saleh al-Arouri.Mr Erekat, who is also secretary general of the PLO, was admitted to the intensive care unit of Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital on Sunday with severe respiratory problems, some of them pre-existing.

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