Gaza, MINA – A 20-day-old baby died on Sunday due to severe cold and lack of heating in refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry said, as quoted by Anadolu Agency.
The baby, Jumaa al-Batran, “died of severe cold” in the city of Deir al-Balah, the ministry said in a statement.
“His twin brother is still in critical care in the neonatal intensive care unit at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza,” it added.
The new deaths bring the number of babies who have died of cold in Gaza to five in the past week, according to local health authorities.
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Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)
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