Hamas's Gaza leader, Yahya Sinwar, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a spokesman for the Islamist terrorist group, which runs the territory, said on Tuesday.
Sinwar, 58, is "following the advice of health authorities and taking precautionary measures", spokesman Hazem Qassem said, without disclosing whether the Hamas chief was in quarantine or whether he has been showing symptoms of COVID-19, the respiratory disease linked to the virus.
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"He is in good health and he is pursuing his duties as usual," Qassem said.
Sinwar, a former head of Hamas's security apparatus, became the organization's Gaza leader in 2017, six years after he was freed in a prisoner swap with Israel.
Gaza has logged nearly 21,000 coronavirus cases and 111 deaths.
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