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Cairo: UN works with Palestinian health authorities to Vaccination of 640,000 children in Gaza begins On Sunday (September 1), Israel and Hamas Agree to a short pause The campaign continued during the 11-month war.
The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed last month that a baby had been partially paralyzed after contracting type 2 polio virus, the first such case in the region in 25 years.
Fighting began in central Gaza on Sunday and will move to other areas in the coming days. Fighting will be paused for at least eight hours for three consecutive days.
The WHO said the suspension may need to be extended to a fourth day, and the first round of vaccinations will last nearly two weeks.
‘COMPLETED’ CAMPAIGN
“These are the first hours of the first phase of a massive relief operation, one of the most complex the world has ever seen,” said Juliette Touma, communications director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
“Today is a test of whether the parties to the conflict respect the ceasefire in these areas so that UNRWA teams and other medical staff can get these two very precious drops of medicine to the children. It’s a race against time,” Touma told Reuters.
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