The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, revealed on Monday some temporary measures for Palestinian patients in the Gaza Strip to travel for treatment.

“A temporary arrangement has been agreed to support Palestinian patients and companions from Gaza to access essential health services outside the Strip,” Mladenov tweeted.

He thanked the World Health Organization for help in carrying this out.

It is worth noting that due to serious shortages of medicines, medical equipment and expertise in Gaza as a result of the 14-year-old Israeli-led siege of the territory, the strip suffers from the collapse of the health system in light of the outbreak of COVID-19.