A Palestinian health worker collects a swab sample from a person for Covid-19 test, at a temporary vaccination centre set up, in Gaza city on October 23, 2021. Palestine recorded nine deaths and 220 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, according to Minister of Health Mai Alkaila. She said in her daily report on the pandemic in Palestine that five of the deaths were in the Gaza Strip, where 136 new cases were recorded and 888 patients recovered. Photo by Ashraf Amra