Northern Gaza: Thousands of children at ‘great risk’ without full course of polio vaccinations
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The final phase of the polio vaccination campaign in war-ravaged northern Gaza has been postponed due to ongoing hostilities and lack of humanitarian access.
Explaining that two doses are needed for children to reach full immunity, UNICEF Communication Specialist, Rosalia Bollen, told UN News’s Khaled Mohamed on Monday that 120,000 children would be “at great risk” if they do not receive the second dose before mid-November.
Ms. Bollen described the many risks children are facing on a daily basis across Gaza.
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