Long-Dormant Virus, Believed Eradicated 34 Years Ago, Suddenly Re-Emerges in Gaza’
According to Al Jazeera, Hossam Abu Sofia, the head of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip, announced that the Zionist regime is deliberately spreading the polio virus in the shadow of preventing the entry of equipment and vaccines necessary for vaccination, as well as the sewage crisis.
Abu Sofia clarified: The occupying regime deliberately does not import drinking water and healthy and clean food, which has created a suitable space and environment for the spread of this virus. The occupying regime has deprived the children of the Gaza Strip of 4 periodic vaccinations, while the polio virus infects people under the age of five and its incubation period is up to 35 days.
He also pointed out the existence of the hepatitis C virus inside the Gaza camps and hundreds of cases of intestinal infections that are hospitalized day and night in Gaza hospitals and health centers.
Emphasizing that the war in Gaza has made this virus appear again, Abu Sofia warned that this issue is very dangerous considering the movement of medical and humanitarian teams to Gaza and the surrounding countries.
The head of “Kamal Adwan” hospital said: The army of the occupying regime has announced that it plans to vaccinate its soldiers in Gaza after the possibility of the spread of this virus, which also affects adults and different groups of society.
He pointed out that this virus almost completely disappeared in 1988, and there were comments about its complete eradication by 2026, and its resurgence is regrettable.