Polio vaccine in the Gaza strip: Fight breaks for children's life necessary!

Polio vaccine in the Gaza strip: Fight breaks for children's life necessary!

Gaza, Palästinensische Gebiete - gaza (dpa) - the drama in the Gaza Strip reaches new heights! On Saturday, the second polio vaccine in the north should finally start again after violent fights stopped the important campaign. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), announced on X that a humanitarian break in the city of Gaza was guaranteed to carry out the vaccinations. But the situation remains tense!

The question that many moves: Will the Israeli army actually respect the breaks? When asked, there was no clear answer at first, which further increases the uncertainty. However, Tedros warned that the guaranteed safe area was smaller than in the first vaccination round in September. This means that not all children under the age of ten could be reached, which gives some of them inadequate protection against the polio virus. The exact information about the affected areas and the number of children who have not been vaccinated remain vague.

vaccinations under critical conditions

The vaccination round should take at least three days, possibly even longer. According to the Israeli military agency Cogat, the children receive vaccination daily between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. An agreement with international partners is intended to ensure that people can safely achieve medical institutions. A week ago, the vaccination round had to be interrupted due to intensive bombing and the expulsion of residents. The security of the vaccination staff was no longer guaranteed because the Israeli army increased its attacks on alleged hiding places of Hamas.

In the middle and southern Gaza Strip, almost 443,000 children have already received their second vaccination dose. According to the WHO, it should be around 120,000 children in the north, which now urgently need to be vaccinated. The clock ticks and the pressure increases, because the health of the children is at stake!