As part of the medical efforts for the Gaza Strip led by the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the entry to the Gaza Strip of vaccines for disease and epidemic prevention is being facilitated. This includes the entry of medical teams and vaccines against the polio virus.
Since the beginning of the war, COGAT has coordinated the entry of 282,126 vials of the polio vaccine, sufficient for 2,821,260 doses, into Gaza. Since the discovery of the virus in July, and as part of the vaccination campaign, 9,000 vials were brought through the Kerem Shalom crossing, providing 90,000 additional doses of the vaccine.
In the coming weeks, 43,250 vials of vaccine, tailored to the virus found in environmental samples, are expected to arrive in Israel and will enter the Gaza Strip. This will be sufficient to vaccinate over one million children (in two rounds) - a total of 2,162,500 doses.
COGAT conducts in-depth situational assessments twice a week with the Ministry of Health, the WHO, and UNICEF to understand the status of the spread of the virus in the Gaza Strip. Additionally, specific meetings are held to implement vaccinations among the population in Gaza in cooperation with USAID.... Read More: Arutz-7