The second 14-day phase of the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip will kick off in two weeks, Gaza’s health ministry said, APA reports citing TASS.
"During the next phase of the polio vaccination campaign, which will be held in Gaza in two to four weeks, children will receive the second vaccine dose," it said.
According to the ministry’s data released not long ago, around 560,000 children, or 87%, received the first dose of the vaccine. Palestine’s Health Minister Majid Abu Ramadan said earlier that it was planned to immunize at least 640,000 children under ten in the Gaza Strip.
Gaza’s health ministry said on August 30 that the vaccination campaign for polio initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) would be held in the Palestinian enclave from September 1 through 12. The campaign kicked off in the city of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza on September 1 and continued in other central Gaza settlements until September 4. Then, medics moved to Khan Yunis and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip from September 5 through 8, and to the city of Gaza and northern areas on September 9-12.
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