About half of essential medicines, medical equipment at ‘stock zero’ in Gaza, WHO says

The majority of stocks of medical equipment have run out in Gaza, while 42% of basic medicines, including pain killers, are out of stock, the World Health Organization says.

“We are at stock zero of close to 64% of medical equipment and stock zero of 42% of essential medicines and vaccines,” Hanan Balkhy, the WHO’s regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean, tells reporters in Geneva.

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