The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that they are still waiting for vaccines for the campaign against polio.
The ministry said in a post on its Facebook page today, “To reach every child, we need safe conditions, and this requires a pause during the implementation of the campaign.”
The Ministry of Health had recorded the first infection with the polio virus in the city of Deir al-Balah for a 10-month-old child, because he had not received a dose of vaccine, and doctors suspected there were symptoms consistent with the disease. , and after doing the necessary tests in the Jordanian capital, Amman, an infection with the polio virus was confirmed from the vaccine.
Palestinian Health Minister Majed Abu Ramadan announced last Saturday that “the ministry’s teams in the Gaza Strip will carry out a vaccination campaign for children under the age of 10 in the coming days, in collaboration with the Relief and Works Agency of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), and in coordination with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).” and the World Health Organization.
2024-08-20 12:08:17
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