Mideast in Pictures: Over 454,000 Gazan children vaccinated against polio in 2 days-Xinhua
Mideast in Pictures: Over 454,000 Gazan children vaccinated against polio in 2 days
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2025-02-25 18:28:15
A Palestinian child receives a dose of polio vaccine in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, Feb. 22, 2025. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)
GAZA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The UN agency for Palestine refugees said on Monday that it has vaccinated more than 454,000 children against poliovirus in the Gaza Strip over the past two days.
"The large-scale campaign aims to protect children from the dangers of the disease amid ongoing humanitarian challenges in the region," the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said in a press statement.
A Palestinian child receives a dose of polio vaccine in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, Feb. 22, 2025. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)A Palestinian child receives a dose of polio vaccine in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, Feb. 22, 2025. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)A Palestinian child receives a dose of polio vaccine in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, Feb. 22, 2025. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)
