The United Nations aid agency for Palestinians on Tuesday began delivering food to the homes of impoverished Gaza residents as part of an attempt to prevent a mass outbreak of the coronavirus in the densely populated Strip.
"We assessed that tens of thousands of people will pour into the food distribution centers and this is very dangerous," said Adnan Abu Hasna, the UN Relief and Works Agency spokesman in Gaza.
Some 4,000 deliveries were made Tuesday, with an estimated 70,000 others to be made over the next three weeks, he said.