This Sunday, a massive polio vaccine rollout began in Gaza. The UN has sent 1.2 million doses of the vaccine to be administered to 640,000 children under the age of 10. The campaign was announced after the first case of the disease was detected in an 11-month-old child in August, according to the report. Le Monde.
On Thursday, the World Health Organization announced that Israel had agreed to three-day “humanitarian pauses” in northern, central and southern Gaza to allow vaccinations, but rejected the idea of a general ceasefire.
According to the UN, at each stage it is necessary to vaccinate 90% of the population to avoid an epidemic.
It is administered orally in two doses. The second dose should be given four weeks after the first.