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At least 602,000 children are at risk of permanent paralysis and other chronic disabilities unless they receive the necessary vaccines soon, the health ministry in war-torn Gaza said on Sunday.
In a statement shared on social media, the ministry said: "The Israeli occupation's prevention of the entry of polio vaccines into the Gaza Strip constitutes a time bomb that threatens to spread the epidemic."
The ministry added that preventing the entry of vaccines was an indirect targeting of Gaza’s children, warning that this threatens to collapse all efforts made over the past seven months with the polio rollout in Gaza which could lead to "serious and catastrophic repercussions" on the already battered healthcare system.
"The Ministry of Health calls on all relevant parties to pressure the occupation to allow the entry of vaccines, and to provide safe corridors to ensure access to children in all areas" of the Gaza Strip, the statement concluded.
Following the outbreak of polio in Gaza, the World Health Organization spearheaded a vaccination campaign to protect children from the disease.
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At least 602,000 children are at risk of permanent paralysis and other chronic disabilities unless they receive the necessary vaccines soon, the health ministry in war-torn Gaza said on Sunday.
In a statement shared on social media, the ministry said: "The Israeli occupation's prevention of the entry of polio vaccines into the Gaza Strip constitutes a time bomb that threatens to spread the epidemic."
The ministry added that preventing the entry of vaccines was an indirect targeting of Gaza’s children, warning that this threatens to collapse all efforts made over the past seven months with the polio rollout in Gaza which could lead to "serious and catastrophic repercussions" on the already battered healthcare system.
"The Ministry of Health calls on all relevant parties to pressure the occupation to allow the entry of vaccines, and to provide safe corridors to ensure access to children in all areas" of the Gaza Strip, the statement concluded.
Following the outbreak of polio in Gaza, the World Health Organization spearheaded a vaccination campaign to protect children from the disease.
600,000 children in Gaza face paralysis as Israel blocks vaccine
Despite the WHO’s polio campaign reaching a high number of children in Gaza, hundreds of thousands remain at risk of paralysis amid Israel’s blocking of aid