WHO: Polio eradication scheme going 'quite well' in Gaza

A polio eradication scheme in Gaza is "going quite well", a senior World Health Organisation (WHO) official told Al-Jazeera.

Hamid Jafari, director of polio eradication for the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, told the outlet they had "already vaccinated more children than we had estimated were in this middle zone of Gaza."

"This is the first phase of the campaign. By this evening, we will make an assessment whether there are still children that need to be vaccinated… because we are now finding more children in this area than we had estimated," he said.

“So we will likely need tomorrow as well to continue vaccination."