The Palestinian Authority has imposed a nighttime and weekend curfew following a dramatic increase in the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus throughout the West Bank and Gaza. Cases there have more than doubled in the last 12 days. Host Carol Hills speaks with Dr. Ali Abed Rabbo, the general director of preventive medicine at the Palestinian Health Ministry.
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