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Wednesday, October 23, 2024
91% of children in southern Gaza reached in second round of polio vaccines, says Israel
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Palestinian medics administer polio vaccines to children at the al-Daraj neighborhood clinic in Gaza City on September 10, 2024. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)
A second round of polio vaccines was completed yesterday in southern Gaza, according to Israel.
COGAT, the Defense Ministry body overseeing activity in the West Bank and Gaza, says that 266,273 children under the age of 10 were vaccinated in the area, representing 91% of the target population in southern Gaza.
COGAT says the vaccine campaign in northern Gaza “will begin in the coming days, after a joint assessment and at the request of WHO and UNICEF.”
The World Health Organization said earlier today that it was forced to delay the vaccine rollout in northern Gaza due to escalating violence in the area.
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