Tons of of Gazan households have been queueing to await the flip of their youngster to obtain a polio vaccination since early Sunday morning, in a marketing campaign designed to cease the resurgence of a virus whose re-emergence has been blamed on insanitary circumstances.
Talking to worldwide media on Sunday, Sam Rose, a spokesperson for UNRWA, the UN company for Palestine refugees, mentioned that over 200 groups are administering the vaccine in 25 areas within the center areas of Gaza.
Mr. Rose mentioned that the groups, that are going “tent to tent”, want to achieve all youngsters in Gaza below the age of 10 to ensure that the marketing campaign to achieve success.
The operation – organized by UNRWA, the World Well being Group (WHO), the UN Kids’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Palestinian Ministry of Well being –will proceed within the coming days, if the short-term pause in combating between Hamas and Israeli forces holds.
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