IDF says the bodies were found in an underground tunnel in the Rafah area in the Gaza StripSee all our coverage of the Israel-Gaza warThe campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus has begun, the health ministry said Saturday, as Palestinians in the Hamas-governed enclave and the occupied West Bank reeled from Israel’s military offensives, the Associated Press reports.
A small number of children in Gaza received vaccine doses a day before the large-scale rollout and limited pauses in the fighting agreed to by Israel and the UN World Health Organization. Associated Press journalists saw about 10 children receiving doses at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis.“There must be a ceasefire so that the teams can reach everyone targeted by this campaign,” said Dr Yousef Abu Al-Rish, Gaza’s deputy health minister, describing scenes of sewage running through crowded tent camps. Polio is spread through fecal matter.
But Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in statement “Israel will allow a humanitarian corridor only” and “areas will be established that will be safe for administering the vaccines for a few hours”.
Israel said the vaccination program would continue through 9 September and last eight hours a day. It will allow health workers to administer vaccines with the aim of reaching some 640,000 Palestinian children.
The vaccination campaign comes after the first polio case in 25 years in Gaza was discovered this month. Continue reading…
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Author : Yang Tian
Publish date : 2024-09-01 08:43:50
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