RAMALLAH, Friday, September 04, 2020 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas issued today a decree-law declaring the state of emergency in the State of Palestine for an additional 30 days.

The decree comes in the context of the nationwide measures to keep the COVID-19 outbreak under control, with at least 190 people reported dead from coronavirus across the country since the outbreak of the pandemic in early March.

Meanwhile, the President issued a decree-law enacting harsher punishment for those found guilty of assaulting public officials, especially judges, public prosecutors, members of the judicial police, and security personnel.

President Abbas also issued a decree-law harshening the punishment for certain crimes set forth in the Law on Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances.

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