The WHO chief expresses concerns that the planned three-day polio vaccination campaign in Gaza will not be sufficient to achieve adequate coverage due to insecurity, infrastructure damage, and population displacement.
The polio vaccination campaign in Gaza faces challenges due to insecurity and infrastructure damage. / Photo: AP
"Due to insecurity, damage to roads and infrastructure, and population movement and displacement, three days in each area is unlikely to be enough to achieve adequate coverage," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press briefing on Friday. "Vaccination coverage will be monitored throughout the campaign, and it has been agreed that vaccination will be extended by one day wherever necessary," Tedros said.
"Humanitarian pauses are welcome, but ultimately, the only solution to safeguard the health of the children of Gaza is a ceasefire," he stressed.Rik Peeperkorn, representative of the WHO in the occupied Palestinian territories, told a UN briefing earlier on Friday that the polio vaccination campaign will provide two drops of novel oral polio vaccine type 2 to more than 640,000 children under age 10.
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