Only one case of polio has been reported, but at least six wastewater samples tested positive for traces of the virus in July, likely meaning polio is becoming more widespread. .
“If we are not able to reach these children, there is an increased risk that environmental samples will remain positive, and there is also a risk that this is not limited to Gaza,” Rose said.
“It’s not just Palestinians who are touching that water, but Israeli soldiers as well.”
As with the first round of vaccinations last month, the second round will be divided into three phases, with a short six-hour “humanitarian pause” in the fight. The operation began in central Gaza, then moved to the south and finally reached the most difficult-to-reach northern part of the territory.
Each phase is planned to take three campaign days and one catch-up day for monitoring and contacting missed children.
But many Palestinians are concerned that going to vaccination sites is too dangerous.
“Moving is dangerous.”
Raed Baroud, 32, who is evacuated with thousands of others in the city of Deir al-Balah, said any movement was considered a “risk to (their) lives.”
“Life is different now. Traveling is dangerous. No one knows where the bombing will happen, whether I’m in a safe place or not,” he told the Telegraph.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital spokesman Dr. Khalil Al-Daklan added that there was “fear and anxiety” among Palestinians.
“Despite vaccination centers being spread out across the country, the public is not able to access them,” he told the Telegraph.
This comes after an Israeli military volley ignited a deadly fire that tore through the Al-Aqsa hospital tent camp in Deirybarah, central Gaza Strip, in the early hours of Monday, hours before the start of the second phase of the military operation. This is an event. Vaccination rollout in the central region.
Images of people being burned alive inside ransacked tents were widely shared on social media. At least four people were killed and dozens injured, the majority of them women and children, the Hamas-run health ministry said.
