The Palestinian Authority also indicated on Sunday that The first batch of vaccines has arrived in Gaza, and “work is underway to supply another 365,000 doses in the coming days.”.
The campaign will provide two doses of the vaccine to 640,000 children up to the age of ten.He added in a statement posted on the social networking site Facebook.
The authority said that it “is working day and night to coordinate with international health partners to launch the campaign in the coming days, so as not to endanger the lives of health workers.”
In this context, he renewed his call on the international community and organizations to “increase pressure on the occupation authorities (Israel) to stop the aggression and facilitate the mission of health personnel” in the Gaza Strip.
The confirmation came after the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the Israeli military authority responsible for the Palestinian territories, announced that vaccines had entered the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing in coordination with the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
“In the coming days, international and local medical teams will vaccinate children against polio who have not yet been vaccinated in several locations in Gaza.The government’s regional coordinator, who will coordinate the campaign, led by WHO and UNICEF, announced,As part of the routine humanitarian breaks that will allow residents to reach medical centres where vaccines will be administered.”
On Friday, the United Nations set a target of sending 1.6 million doses of polio vaccines to the Gaza Strip.
