The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the resumption of mass polio vaccination in Gaza on February 22, targeting nearly 600,000 children after the virus was detected in wastewater samples. The campaign aims to reach all children under 10 and close immunity gaps. However, access to some northern areas remains challenging due to the ongoing conflict.
FILE PHOTO: A Palestinian child is vaccinated against polio during the second round of a vaccination campaign, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City, November 2, 2024. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas/File Photosaid Wednesday that mass polio vaccination would resume in Gaza on Saturday, targeting nearly 600,000 children, after the virus was again detected in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.
"The presence of the virus still poses a risk to children with low or no immunity, in Gaza and throughout the region." The aim was to reach all children under 10, including those previously missed,"to close immunity gaps and end the outbreak", it said, adding that another vaccination round was planned for April.brief localised pauses in Israel's war against Hamas in GazaBut it warned that some areas in the north, including Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun, were inaccessible for the second vaccination round.
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