Polio vaccination campaign in Gaza to resume, WHO says

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that a large-scale campaign to carry out polio vaccinations on children in Gaza would resume on February 22nd, Asharq Al-Awsat via Reuters reported on February 19th.

In a statement, the WHO said: “The current environment in Gaza, including overcrowding in shelters and severely damaged water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure, which facilitates fecal-oral transmission, create ideal conditions for further spread of poliovirus.”

The statement also said: “Extensive population movement consequent to the current ceasefire is likely to exacerbate the spread of poliovirus infection.”

Asharq Al-Awsat via Reuters