Hundreds of Gaza families have been queuing since early Sunday to wait for their children's turn to receive the polio vaccine, in a campaign designed to stop the resurgence of a virus whose reemergence has been blamed on unsanitary conditions.
Speaking to international media on Sunday, Sam Rose, spokesperson for UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, said more than 200 teams are administering the vaccine in 25 locations in the mid-zones of Gaza.
Mr Rose said the teams, which go from shop to shop, need to reach every child in Gaza under the age of 10 for the campaign to be successful.
The operation, organised by UNRWA, the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Palestinian Ministry of Health, will continue in the coming days, if the temporary pause in fighting between Hamas and Israeli forces continues.
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