Earlier today, Children at several Humanitarian Zones in the Gaza Strip began receiving Polio Vaccines in preparation for Sunday’s beginning of a Widespread Three-Day Campaign by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other Western and Israeli Partner Agencies to Vaccinate over 640,000 Palestinian Children from the Disease.
The Campaign will involved Localized Ceasefires throughout the Gaza Strip, which will allow Children and their Families to transit to the over 160 Vaccination Sites that are being established in the North, South, and Center of the Strip.
So far over 1.4 Million Polio Vaccines accompanied by 2,000 International Medical Personnel have arrived from Southern Israel into Gaza via the Kerem Shalom Border Crossing, where they are being held under Heavy Guard at a Cold-Storage Facility in Deir al-Balah, with over 400,000 additional Vaccines expected to arrive by Monday.
The Urgency of the Campaign comes after a 10-Month-Old Palestinian Baby was Diagnosed recently with a Mutated-Variant of Polio, leaving him Paralyzed, the First Case within Gaza in over 25 Years.
The Campaign will involved Localized Ceasefires throughout the Gaza Strip, which will allow Children and their Families to transit to the over 160 Vaccination Sites that are being established in the North, South, and Center of the Strip.
So far over 1.4 Million Polio Vaccines accompanied by 2,000 International Medical Personnel have arrived from Southern Israel into Gaza via the Kerem Shalom Border Crossing, where they are being held under Heavy Guard at a Cold-Storage Facility in Deir al-Balah, with over 400,000 additional Vaccines expected to arrive by Monday.
The Urgency of the Campaign comes after a 10-Month-Old Palestinian Baby was Diagnosed recently with a Mutated-Variant of Polio, leaving him Paralyzed, the First Case within Gaza in over 25 Years.