WHO exceeds target for Gaza polio vaccinations as campaign continues
A child receives a polio vaccine in near Deir al-Balah in central Gaza/ The World Health Organization (WHO) says polio vaccinations of children in central Gaza have "surpassed the target" in the first two days of its immunisation campaign. Dr Rik Peeperkorn, the UN agency's representative in the Palestinian territories, said 161,030 children under the age of 10 were vaccinated on Sunday and Monday - above the projection of 156,500. The difference was probably the result of an underestimate of the population crowded into the area, he ...
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