Geneva — World Health Organization officials (World Health Organization/WHO) said Israel had given the green light to UN agencies to begin...
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday it would send more than 1 million polio vaccines to Gaza after the virus was detected in wastewater in the Palestinian territory. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said health workers need freedom of movement in Gaza to administer vaccines, and said a ceasefire, or at least “a few days of calm,” was critical to protecting Gaza’s children through routine vaccinations. “WHO is shipping more than 1 million polio vaccines to be administered in the coming weeks,” he said at a news conference. “The detection of polio in wastewater in Gaza is a sign that the virus is circulating in the community, endangering unvaccinated children.” As of this writing, no clinical cases have been detected. Andrea King, of WHO's global health cluster team, said the vaccination campaign would be a “huge logistical challenge.” “Vaccines and related cold chain supplies needed to enter Gaza… as well as micro-planning in Gaza,” he told a news conference. “The hope is that if all goes well, the vaccines will arrive on time for the planned vaccination date later this month, the first round will start on August 17.” On July 30, the health ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza declared …
Geneva — World Health Organization officials (World Health Organization/WHO) said Israel had given the green light to UN agencies to begin...
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WHO says that the official larger vaccine rollout, which aims to reach 640,000 children, will begin on Sunday. Aljazeera – Several children in Gaza...
WHO says that the official larger vaccine rollout, which aims to reach 640,000 children, will begin on Sunday. Aljazeera – Several children in Gaza...
The Israeli military and Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in the Gaza Strip to allow...
Israel has agreed to implement a series of “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza to facilitate the vaccination of children against polio, according to...
Children in the Gaza Strip will begin receiving vaccines against polio, ahead of a three-day pause in fighting agreed to by Israel, Palestinian groups...
Children in the Gaza Strip will begin receiving vaccines against polio, ahead of a three-day pause in fighting agreed to by Israel, Palestinian groups...
Israeli air raids in the Gaza Strip killed more than a dozen people overnight into Saturday morning, hospital and local authorities said, as health...
Israeli air raids in the Gaza Strip killed more than a dozen people overnight into Saturday morning, hospital and local authorities said, as health...