Gaza: A new round of polio vaccinations is underway in the Gaza Strip with more than 1,700 United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) workers participating through health centers and mobile points, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said.
According to Jordan News Agency, the latest round of a large-scale polio vaccination campaign targeting nearly 600,000 young children kicked off on Saturday, the United Nations said on its website. The campaign follows a previous effort last year that reached hundreds of thousands of children under the age of 10.
Polio virus was recently detected in wastewater samples in Gaza, indicating that circulation is ongoing and putting young lives at risk. The presence of the virus in the wastewater necessitated this renewed focus on vaccinations to prevent any potential outbreak.