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A campaign to vaccinate children against polio in southern Gaza has reached more than 350,000 children, the World Health Organisation said. Preliminary data shows that around 161,200 children under 10 years were vaccinated on the first day of the campaign in southern Gaza. Since the campaign began on September 1, over 354,700 children have been vaccinated, the U.N. agency said.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic) Amed Alia, father of vaccinated children:
“When the vaccination campaign began, we immediately went to vaccinate the children, especially after the official announcement made by the World Health Organization of the discovery of the polio virus (in Gaza). We thank all the UN institutions in general, and health workers in particular, and the WHO for this vaccination campaign; that will eliminate most of the spread of the polio virus. Many thanks to the WHO for organizing the vaccination campaign.”

SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic) Afnan Fayez Al-Dasouqi, vaccinator:
“Of course, the vaccination is very safe, it’s only two drops in the mouth that will go directly through the intestines, and by God’s will, no one will get infected of this disease. The second dose of this vaccination is in four weeks, for more safety, and for none of us to get infected.”