Health denies occupation rumors regarding polio vaccines in Gaza

Ramallah - Ma'an - Palestinian Health Minister Majed Abu Ramadan said that the occupation spread rumors related to polio vaccines, which we deny and confirm that this type of vaccine has been received by one billion children in the world and no complications have been recorded. He added that the polio infection recorded in the Gaza Strip resulted from the child not receiving the necessary vaccination as a result of the ongoing aggression, and it was two drops in the mouth. He continued: The latest case of polio did not originate in Gaza, but was brought in from abroad in some way, and Israel is trying to attack the health system through the back door by preventing vaccinations. He stressed that Palestine has always been proud of being the first to combat polio, and the last case was in Gaza in 1984. In another context, he said that the targeting of hospitals and health institutions in the West Bank is a crime according to international laws and conventions. He stressed that the health systems in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed, which is more dangerous than the destruction of buildings and equipment, and any health system needs a long time to recover. Source: Maan News Agency