Palestinian health minister confirms a first case of polio in Gaza
The Palestinian health minister on Saturday (August 17) said the ministry had detected the first confirmed case of polio in the Gaza strip in the city of Deir Al-Balah for a 10-month-old baby who had not received the necessary polio vaccination dose.
Minister of Health, Majed Abu Ramadan, urged the international community to demand a ceasefire in order to vaccinate hundreds of children.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for parties to the conflict in Gaza to provide concrete assurances guaranteeing humanitarian pauses in order for a polio vaccine campaign to be conducted.
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The Palestinian health minister on Saturday (August 17) said the ministry had detected the first confirmed case of polio in the Gaza strip in the city of Deir Al-Balah for a 10-month-old baby who had not received the necessary polio vaccination dose.
Minister of Health, Majed Abu Ramadan, urged the international community to demand a ceasefire in order to vaccinate hundreds of children.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for parties to the conflict in Gaza to provide concrete assurances guaranteeing humanitarian pauses in order for a polio vaccine campaign to be conducted.
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00:00We declare today that there have been a case of active poliomyelitis recorded in Gaza Strip.
00:14The case involves a child, actually a newborn, he's only 10 months old, and he never had
00:22the chance to get his vaccination before, because as you all know, due to the war, due
00:28to the destruction of most of our health facilities, this child never been given the chance to
00:36get two drops of the polio vaccination.
00:40On this occasion, I urge all the international community and all those who control what happens
00:49in the world, first, to stop this severe war on Gaza.
00:54The destruction should stop now.
00:56Ceasefire should be implied now.
01:00Second, there should be a safe haven for those, our medical and health teams that will work
01:06in order to get the vaccination.
01:08Third, there should be rehabilitation of our clean, safe water resources, solving the problem
01:19of the sewage flooding our streets and homes, bringing into Gaza the personal hygiene kits
01:29that are needed, and also to give all the medication, disposables, laboratory means
01:37needed in this event.