news

한어Русский языкEnglishFrançaisIndonesianSanskrit日本語DeutschPortuguêsΕλληνικάespañolItalianoSuomalainenLatina

the first round of polio vaccinations began in the gaza strip on september 1. al jazeera reported that parents in gaza risked their lives to urgently vaccinate their children against polio.

the first case of polio in 25 years was reported in the gaza strip in august, and all parties are concerned that the disease may spread widely. it is reported that the goal of this vaccination campaign is to vaccinate more than 640,000 children in the gaza strip against polio. the world health organization has delivered at least 1.26 million doses of vaccine to gaza. the gaza strip health department has identified 67 vaccination centers in central gaza, 59 in the south and 33 in the north.

the spokesman for the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugees in the near east, walterridge, said on the 1st that nearly 2,000 children were vaccinated at a clinic in deir al-balah alone that day. walterridge said that the agency sent mobile teams to visit each tent and mark the children's thumbs with ink after they were vaccinated. the second dose of the vaccine must be given four weeks after the first dose.

al jazeera said that israel's bombing of gaza did not stop during the children's vaccination. the world health organization recently said that israel has agreed to a three-day "humanitarian temporary ceasefire" in the north, south and central regions to facilitate vaccination. but the israeli side later emphasized that this does not mean a comprehensive ceasefire in gaza.