State of Palestine: Vaccination campaign kicks off in Gaza

Subscribe to our channel! Medical workers and elderly patients received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Gaza City, on Monday, as the Palestinian territory began its immunisation campaign. Patients at the Al-Rimal Clinic, as well as health workers and officials received a jab of the Sputnik V vaccine. “Today, we are attending a big event: the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination in the Gaza Strip, and this, God willing, will give more space to provide broad community immunity against this pandemic,“ said Ashraf al-Qidra, Spokesperson for the Palestinian Ministry of Health. *SOUNDBITES* SOT, Hakamia Najjar, Nurse (Arabic): “Considering that my work obliges me to be in direct contact with the virus, I acknowledge that I need to be one of the firsts to receive the vaccine. We heard a lot about the side effects of the vaccine, but I wanted to go through with it since I work as part of the medical staff and this encourages people to take the vaccine and, God willing, our Lord will