A senior European official confirmed Tuesday that European Union countries, in coordination with the United Nations, are seeking to provide a coronavirus vaccine for health care workers in the impoverished and besieged Gaza Strip.

The representative of the European Union in the Palestinian Territories, Sven Kohn von Burgsdorf, said during a press conference held in western Gaza City, "We are trying to deliver the Corona vaccine to Gaza, especially for those working in the first ranks of medical care and the elderly, through coordination with the United Nations."

Burgsdorf arrived at the Gaza Strip via the Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing, headed by a delegation that included European Union ambassadors.

Prior to the press conference, the delegation visited the European Hospital, which provides medical services to the majority of Corona patients in the Strip, and visited a seawater desalination plant in the middle of the Strip.

Prior to the visit, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, welcomed in a statement the European delegation.

The statement warned that "the indications issued by the competent government agencies in Gaza regarding the Corona pandemic, warn of the worst at any moment."

The movement indicated that "the capacity of the health system to cope with this crisis is seriously diminishing, due to the shortage of health needs, especially those related to confronting the epidemic, whether due to the obstacles of the Israeli occupation or the funding necessary to purchase these needs."

During the past twenty-four hours, the Gaza Strip recorded six deaths, bringing the number to 155.

On the other hand, no new cases were announced due to the suspension of testing Monday due to the exhaustion of examination supplies, so that the number of confirmed and declared injuries stopped until the aforementioned morning at 25,592 injuries.

The Ministry of Health in the sector announced, in a statement Monday evening, that it had received about 20,000 laboratory test strips through the World Health Organization, indicating that this quantity is sufficient for eight days.

The Ministry said the central laboratory could resume testing after 24 hours.

The measures to combat the outbreak of the virus, which the Ministry of Interior in Gaza announced last Thursday, took effect Saturday. The announced measures included the closure of mosques, schools, universities, kindergartens, and weekly popular markets.

The measures also included the imposition of a complete curfew on Friday and Saturday, which will continue until the end of December, in addition to the night curfew, which begins daily at 18:30 local time and ends in the early morning.

For nearly 14 years, the Israeli Occupation has imposed a tight blockade on the Gaza Strip, which has a population of nearly two million.