North India Statesman
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Tel Aviv: A senior WHO official told reporters today that both the Israeli army and Hamas have agreed to a three-day ceasefire to administer polio doses to 640,000 children in Gaza. The first round of vaccination will begin next Sunday. The WHO official also said.
This official said that this operation will be carried out for three consecutive days. Giving further information, this official Pepperkarn said that the program will be organized first in northern Gaza. Apart from this, we have communicated to both Israel and Hamas that if the operation is not completed in three days, it will be extended to the fourth day, and both Israel and Hamas have agreed to continue the ceasefire on the fourth day as well.
“Our experience is that any such action takes a day or two longer than expected,” WHO emergencies director Mike Ryan told the UN Security Council on Thursday.
The second phase of vaccination is started four weeks after the first phase of vaccination, Peppercorn told reporters. Ryan further clarified that this campaign is being run to stop the spread of polio at the international level, in which about 90 percent success is being achieved.
