WHO upbeat on scaling up aid under Gaza ceasefire terms

The WHO plans to bring in an unspecified number of prefabricated hospitals to support Gaza’s decimated health sector, he added. (REUTERS)
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  • The WHO plans to bring in an unspecified number of prefabricated hospitals to support Gaza’s decimated health sector, he added

GENEVA: A World Health Organization official said on Friday that it should be possible to scale up aid imports into Gaza massively to around 600 trucks a day under the terms of a ceasefire deal.
“I think the possibility is very much there and specifically when other crossings will be opened up,” Rik Peeperkorn, WHO representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, told a Geneva press briefing.
The WHO plans to bring in an unspecified number of prefabricated hospitals to support Gaza’s decimated health sector, he added.