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STORY: WHO / GAZA POLIO VACCINATION PREPARATION
TRT: 03:03
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 31 AUGUST 2024, DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA
1. Various shots, WHO team arriving at cold storage location, UNICEF warehouse
2. Various shots, medical supplies and equipment, cool boxes, cold storage freezers, cold storage location, UNICEF warehouse
3. Various shots, WHO team inspecting polio vials, shots of polio vaccines in cold storage freezers and printed materials for public related to vaccination campaign, UNICEF warehouse
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Deepak Kumar, Technical Officer, World Health Organization (WHO):
“We are right now in the central cold storage, where we have received, more than 1.2 million doses of nOPV2 vaccine and approximately 400,000 doses are enroute. These doses have been maintained in the cold chain and these will be transported today to the various distribution points in the middle area.”
5. UPSOUND (English) Dr Deepak Kumar, Technical Officer, World Health Organization (WHO):
“So, this is the novel oral polio vaccine that is a 50 dose vial.”
6. Various shots, WHO team preparing logistical equipment and accessories for vaccination campaign, WHO warehouse
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Dalia Wehedi, Public Health Officer, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Today we are here in the warehouse, one day before the beginning of the polio vaccination campaign in the middle area for the first phase. We are here for the bundling of the supplies and logistics needed for the vaccination teams and vaccination supervisors, and we will ensure the delivery of those needed supplies."
8. Various shots, WHO team preparing logistical equipment and accessories for vaccination campaign, WHO warehouse
STORYILINE:
Today (31 Aug), WHO, UNICEF and partners finished preparation for the two-round polio vaccination campaign in Gaza.
A two-round polio vaccination campaign in Gaza begins tomorrow (1 Sep).
Over 640,000 children under ten years of age will be vaccinated with two drops of novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) during each round.
