WHO: Israel agrees to allow polio vaccinations in Gaza

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WHO: Israel agrees to allow polio vaccinations in Gaza  Israel has agreed to a series of three-day 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza to allow UN health officials to administer polio vaccinations in the territory, Rik Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization's representative for Palestinian territories, says during a briefing to the UN. "We need these humanitarian pauses," he urges, adding, 'otherwise it is impossible to do a proper [vaccination] campaign.'  AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #worldnews #humanitarian #israelhamaswar #polio

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00:00We welcome, we have a preliminary commitment for area-specific humanitarian pauses during the

00:06campaign and we call on all parties to pause of course the fighting to allow children and

00:14families to safely access health facilities in response to this commitment of this area-specific

00:21humanitarian pauses. So it has been agreed the campaign will be delivered in a phased approach

00:27over three days. So we start the 1st of September and we start in central Gaza for three days

00:34followed by south Gaza and then followed by the north of Gaza. Normally within four weeks

00:41you do the second round. When we start this process we have to finish this process.

00:46So the assumption is for WHO, UNICEF, partners that we of course will do that we will definitely

00:54do the second round as well. Now we need this humanitarian pauses and that has been very clear.

01:02We there's an agreement on that so we expect that all parties will stick to that. Otherwise

01:09indeed it is it is actually impossible to do a proper campaign because

01:13you will not reach, you will definitely not reach your 90%.

01:24you

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