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The 12-day campaign successfully administered the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) to 558,963 children, thanks to meticulous planning and coordination.
A total of 640,000 children under the age of 10 will receive vaccines in 60 fixed medical points in the Strip, and work is underway to establish other mobile medical points to ensure that vaccinations reach everyone.
Mansour stressed that Gaza Strip faced systematic destruction that affected hospitals, homes, tents and shelters.
World Health Organization (WHO) announced Friday that two rounds of a polio vaccination campaign are expected to be launched at the end of August and during September 2024 across the Gaza Strip to prevent the spread of circulating variant type 2 poliovirus (cVDPV2).
The last case that had been recorded in Egypt was in 2004, he added, noting that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared in 2006 that Egypt was completely polio-free.
Egypt has been declared polio free since 2006 in accordance with the standards set by the World Health Organization, with the last case recorded in 2004.
Health and Population Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar announced on Monday that a national campaign to vaccinate children against polio for free across the country will run from December 11 to December 14.
Up to 16,223,513 children were vaccinated against polio in Egypt since March 27 and until Wednesday March 20 according to Acting Health and Population Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Thursday.
The campaign, which target children from one day to five years old, will extend until Wednesday, 30 March and aims to vaccinate 100 percent of the target groups, the ministry said in a statement.
On August 25, many important events took place.
More than 13 million children have taken polio shots on the first two days of a national campaign to eliminate the disease in Egypt.
A total of 835,000 Egyptian and 1,696 non-Egyptian children will be vaccinated in Alexandria Governorate under the current national campaign.
Zayed's remarks came during her meeting held at the headquarters of the WHO office in Egypt.
Some 15,704 non-Egyptian children residing in the country have been given the polio vaccine as part of a three-day nationwide campaign to administer the vaccination, according to a Health Ministry statement Wednesday.
Number of vaccinated children represents 81.4 percent of the total number of those targeted, including 11,536 foreign children.
Around 8,842,150 children have been vaccinated as part of the national anti-polio campaign which kicked off on Sunday and runs till March 3.
The campaign includes Egyptian and foreign children from the age of one day to five years old.
Health Minister Hala Zayed and Port Said Governor Adel el Ghadban launched on Sunday the national campaign for polio vaccination.
three new cases of polio have been recorded in Syria in the first outbreak of the virus in the country since 2014, the World Health Organization and a partner initiative said.
