Amid ‘unprecedented’ rise in respiratory disease in Gaza, famine is making routine infections life-threatening – Mondoweiss

At Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, Manal Zaqout accompanies her 6-year-old daughter, Aya, for treatment. Aya had been moved to the hospital from the al-Mawasi areas east of Khan Younis after a continuous cough, fever, and fatigue that refused to resolve itself. The child was diagnosed with the flu, but the symptoms were far more severe than regular influenza. 

On Sunday, the Gaza Government Media Office said that a “new strain” of the virus is spreading across Gaza amid…