A highly contagious skin disease is spreading across parts of the Gaza Strip

Reports on social media and in the news show a highly contagious skin rash mainly affecting kids in the Gaza Strip. The red welts are on arms, legs, faces and chests, and are very itchy blisters that eventually burst and turn into a dark yellow crust.

A highly contagious skin disease is spreading across parts of the Gaza Strip
A woman in a black dress holds a toddler on her laps with his arms up and a skin rash

Reports on social media and in the news show a highly contagious skin rash mainly affecting kids in the Gaza Strip. The red welts are on arms, legs, faces and chests, and are very itchy blisters that eventually burst and turn into a dark yellow crust.