Geneva:

The World Well being Group (WHO) urged Israel to grant entry to Gaza, the place escalating violence has blocked humanitarian missions from delivering crucial meals and medical provides.

Amid the chaos, WHO and its companions launched the second spherical of a polio vaccination marketing campaign on Monday, aiming to immunise over half one million kids, Xinhua information company reported.

“The whole variety of kids who acquired a second dose of polio vaccine in Gaza after two days of vaccination is 156,943,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X on Wednesday.

Escalating violence within the north of #Gaza has blocked humanitarian missions from reaching individuals with meals and medical provides. In the meantime, well being care continues to be attacked.

We ask Israel to offer @WHO and our companions entry to the north so we are able to attain those that desperately… pic.twitter.com/DVwvn7J2vM

— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) October 16, 2024

Nonetheless, ongoing violence threatens the marketing campaign’s objective of vaccinating no less than 90 per cent of the youngsters, a crucial goal to halt the virus’s unfold. Along with polio vaccines, kids are receiving vitamin A dietary supplements to strengthen their immunity.

WHO highlighted the severity of the scenario, reporting that out of 54 scheduled United Nations missions to Gaza in October, just one has been accomplished, with the remaining both cancelled or obstructed as a result of battle.

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