Four suspected coronavirus cases found in Bethlehem, PA issues foreign tourist ban
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1462057
Four suspected coronavirus cases found in Bethlehem, PA issues foreign tourist ban
- Title: Four suspected coronavirus cases found in Bethlehem, PA issues foreign tourist ban
- Date: 5th March 2020
- Summary: BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK (MARCH 5, 2020) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF HOTEL WHERE FOUR PEOPLE, SUSPECTED OF TESTING POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS ARE STAYING SECURITY FORCES IN FACE MASKS SECURING THE PERIMETER AROUND THE HOTEL ICU AMBULANCE PARKED CLOSE TO THE HOTEL SEVERAL OF SECURITY FORCES IN FACE MASKS AROUND THE HOTEL WHILE ENTRANCE OF THE STREET LEADING TO HOTEL IS CLOSED WITH RED/WHITE RIBBON
- Embargoed: 19th March 2020 11:27
- Keywords: Bethlehem Palestinians West Bank coronavirus four cases hotels
- Location: BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK
- City: BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK
- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: Health/Medicine
- Reuters ID: LVA001C3S0QX3
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The Palestinian Authority on Thursday (March 5) ordered hotels in the West Bank to stop receiving foreign tourists after four suspected cases of the coronavirus were found in the town of Bethlehem.
The two-week restriction, announced by the Palestinian Tourism Ministry, goes into effect on Friday (March 6).
Palestinian health officials said they were examining whether four hotel workers in Bethlehem had contracted the disease from tourists who had stayed there.
Police surrounded the hotel, as authorities awaited the results of laboratory tests. Many tourists at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity on Thursday wore masks as they visited the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
The Palestinian Authority exercises limited self-rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank under interim peace accords.
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