Mass polio vaccination drive kicks off in Gaza amid Israeli strikes
Briefly

"Today is test time for parties to the conflict to respect these area pauses to allow the UNRWA teams and other medical workers to reach children with these very precious two drops. It's a race against time." - Juliette Touma, communications director of UNRWA.
"Israel and Hamas said they would cooperate to allow the campaign to succeed. The vaccination programme would continue through September 9 and last eight hours a day." - Article summary.
"The vaccinations will be held at some 160 sites across the territory, including medical centres and schools. Children below 10 years of age will receive two drops of oral polio vaccine in two rounds." - Article summary.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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