WHO Has Vaccinated Roughly One Quarter Of Gaza Children Under Age 10 Against Polio

Reuters (9/3, Farge) reports, “The World Health Organization said that it was ahead of its targets for polio vaccinations in Gaza on Tuesday, day three of a mass campaign, and had inoculated about a quarter of children under 10.” The campaign “relies on daily eight-hour pauses in fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in specific areas of the besieged enclave.” Rik Peeperkorn, a “WHO representative for the Occupied Palestinian territories, told reporters that it had vaccinated more than 161,000 children under 10 in the central area in the first two days of its campaign, compared with a projection of around 150,000.”