According to Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories: Judea and Samaria and towards the Gaza Strip COGAT: “90,716 children were vaccinated yesterday (Oct. 20) against the Polio virus.
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| Polio Vaccination Campaign In Southern Gaza. Photo: @cogatonline |
“All together, 235,918 children received the vaccination in southern Gaza.
We held our daily assessment with @WHO and @UNICEF, to understand the upcoming needs for the continuation of the vaccination campaign in northern Gaza.”
Polio was detected in July, 2024 in Gaza as a result of deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip due to ongoing fighting between Israel and Hamas.
According to who.int:
The campaign is part of an urgent response to prevent the spread of polio after circulating variant poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) was detected in Gaza, after 25 years of being polio-free. cVDPV2 has been detected in six environmental samples – or wastewater – collected from central Gaza in June 2024.
