The Health Ministry says it received another 500,000 doses of polio vaccine and will expand its inoculation program to stop a feared outbreak, the Health Ministry says.
It says another 2 million doses are on the way. It does not say where the vaccine drops are coming from.
As of Thursday last week, 21,812 had been vaccinated against the disease as part of a renewed campaign to stamp it out, following an outbreak in Jerusalem, according to official figures.
Boxes of polio vaccine in a warehouse. (courtesy DHL via Health Ministry)
The Health Ministry said at the time that there were seven confirmed cases of polio in children, including one symptomatic case. One more highly suspect case was not counted in the tally.
Tests of sewer systems have found traces of the virus in Bnei Brak, Beit Shemesh and Jerusalem, the Health Ministry says.
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