Vaccinating some babies against polio, a day before a mass immunisation programme is due to begin. Palestinian health workers carried out the vaccinations in nasser hospital in khan younis. Unicef says the vaccinations will take place for six and a half hours every day until wednesday. Israel and hamas have agreed to three localised pauses in fighting to enable the vaccination of more than 600,000 palestinian children. With more from jerusalem here s our correspondent, jon donnison. The official polio vaccination campaign doesn t start until sunday morning. It is being coordinated by the united nations but we do understand that the first babies have been vaccinated today in khan younis in the south of gaza. What it s going to involve and get under way as a series of three day, area specific pauses in fighting that both israel and hamas have agreed to. The key words there are area specific, so we re not talking about the formal ceasefire that diplomats have been pushing for weeks and
Earlier this week, shakiel thibou, from west london, was charged with attempted murder. Westminster magistrates court heard that ms maximen had tried to intervene in a fight when she was stabbed. In a separate incident, mussie imnetu, a chef who was visiting london from dubai, was found unconscious with a head injury on monday night near notting hill. These cctv images show him earlier that afternoon before the attack. He has also since died. Omar wilson, from east london, has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent. The metropolitan police said both deaths were now being treated as murder. News of both cher s and mussie s tragic deaths is devastating for both families. My thoughts are with them. They will continue to be supported by specialist police officers and we ask that their privacy is respected at this time. Police are extremely keen to speak to anyone who might have been at this restaurant late on monday night, and who intervened during the attack on mussie imnetu.
This is scary. Translation: as soon as i heard about the start of the polio vaccination campaign, i came. My son was the first child to get the vaccine. Today, there was one shot and another in four weeks. By that time, he will have another full dosage which will prevent him from getting the infection and any disease in the coming years. This is how the polio vaccine will be distributed throughout gaza. The world health organization campaign will be split across the territory s five governates, from north gaza through to rafah in the south. Deir al balah and khan younis have the greatest number of children under 10 more than 200,000 in each region. The who plans on having more than 200 vaccination sites in each of those regions. With more from jerusalem here s our correspondent, jon donnison. The official polio vaccination campaign doesn t start until sunday morning. It is being coordinated by the united nations but we do understand that the first babies have been vaccinated today
Baby abdulrahman was crawling early, but now his mum worries he ll never be able to walk. He was the first child found to have polio in gaza in 25 years, and it paralysed his leg because of the war he wasn t vaccinated and now medical care is limited. He want to live and be treated. He wants to live and walk like other children. I feel a lot of guilt that he didn t get the vaccination, but i couldn t give it to him because of our circumstances. Displaced five times, the baby s family now lives in a crowded tent camp in deir al balah in central gaza. Raw sewage flows through streets nearby. Conditions are ideal for diseases to spread, especially polio, which is highly infectious. Since discovering the virus, un agencies have been racing to set up an emergency mass vaccination programme and with war raging, they ve negotiated three localised three day pauses in fighting with israel and hamas. Un officials say the plan is not ideal, but it s workable. What we re aiming at is to have 640,0
Palestinian health workers carried out the vaccinations in nasser hospital in khan younis. Unicef says the vaccinations will take place for six and a half hours every day until wednesday. Israel and hamas have agreed to three localised pauses in fighting to enable the vaccination of more than 600,000 palestinian children. Our middle east correspondent yolande knell sent this new report from jerusalem. Just two drops as the un begins vaccinating against polio in gaza. A dose is easy to give, but carrying out a mass immunisation campaign in a combat zone is a huge challenge. Parents of the first vaccinated children are relieved. Translation: i was worried and afraid because this is scary. The polio disease. This disease makes the children unable to move. Baby abdulrahman was crawling early, but now his mum worries he ll never be able to walk. He was the first child found to have polio in gaza in 25 years, and it paralysed his leg. Because of the war he wasn t vaccinated and now medical c