Gaza health ministry runs out of children vaccines

The health ministry in Gaza said on Wednesday it had run out of its supply of children’s vaccines, warning of “catastrophic health repercussions.”

The announcement comes more than two months after international aid organisations have been warning about the dire conditions in Gaza if Israel does not stop its offensive.

Tedros Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), warned on Sunday that “Gaza’s health system is on its knees and collapsing.”

He also said that at this point, only 14 of 36 hospitals are partially functioning and supplies are running low.

“The risk is expected to worsen with the deteriorating situation and approaching winter conditions,” he explained.

The ministry has been constantly calling on international institutions to deliver urgently needed vaccines “to prevent disaster.”

Israel’s bombing and ground offensive has so far killed over 18,400 civilians in Gaza, around 9,000 of which are children.