Israel confirms over 161,000 polio vaccines administered in Gaza in campaign’s first 2 days
Reporter at The Times of Israel
Israeli authorities release figures on the polio vaccination push in Gaza that correspond to what the World Health Organization is saying.
The IDF’s Southern Command and the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories say that on Sunday, the first day of the campaign, approximately 86,683 people were vaccinated. Yesterday, approximately 74,346 people were vaccinated.
The World Health Organization in Gaza confirms that it has vaccinated over 161,000 children under 10 in the central Strip versus a projected 150,000.
The drive comes after an unvaccinated 10-month-old baby from central Gaza contracted polio and suffered partial paralysis, in the first case of the disease in the enclave in 25 years.
The drive is staggered across three geographic regions of Gaza, beginning in the central Strip on September 1-3, then in southern Gaza on September 4-6, and finally in northern Gaza on September 7-9.
The campaign, which involves two doses, aims to cover over 640,000 children under age 10 over the next nine days.
