{"id":42484,"date":"2024-08-07T17:24:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T17:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/who-to-send-1-2m-polio-vaccines-to-gaza-after-outbreak-warning\/"},"modified":"2024-08-07T17:24:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T17:24:06","slug":"who-to-send-1-2m-polio-vaccines-to-gaza-after-outbreak-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=42484","title":{"rendered":"WHO to send 1.2m polio vaccines to Gaza after outbreak warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It will be a \u201chuge logistical challenge\u201d to ensure the 1.2 million vaccine doses are deployed successfully, said WHO official Andrea King.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Vaccines need to be continuously stored in a limited temperature range \u2013 from the moment they are manufactured until they are administered &#8211; which presents a technical challenge during ongoing hostilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The WHO called for a ceasefire and requested \u201cabsolute freedom of movement\u201d during the rollout of the vaccine programme. It said it was in the process of obtaining the necessary approvals to enter Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, previous calls for a ceasefire on humanitarian grounds have not been granted by Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Israeli military said in July it had begun vaccinating its soldiers against the disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Testing run by WHO last month showed that sewage samples collected in two areas of Gaza were positive for polio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The genetic nature of the samples indicated they had been circulating in Gaza \u201cfor some time, maybe as early as since September of last year\u201d, WHO polio specialist Dr Hamed Jafari said in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added that Gaza offered \u201cideal conditions\u201d for polio transmission, because of \u201cdisplacement, overcrowding, sewage contamination, lack of clean water\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c5yd3g1vw79o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It will be a \u201chuge logistical challenge\u201d to ensure the 1.2 million vaccine doses are deployed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2096,190,1608,1447,2095,1774,502],"class_list":["post-42484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-1-2m","tag-gaza","tag-outbreak","tag-polio","tag-send","tag-vaccines","tag-warning"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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