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The campaign aims to cover more than 640,000 children under 10 years old. A health official said a polio vaccination campaign began in Gaza on Saturday, while an aid worker said a large-scale rollout would begin on Sunday, coinciding with a “humanitarian pause” agreed by Israel and Hamas. The vaccination drive was announced after Gaza…
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Gaza: The Israeli military and Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in the Gaza Strip to allow for the vaccination of some 640,000 children against polio, a senior WHO official said on Thursday. The vaccination campaign is due to start on Sunday, said Rik Peeperkorn, the World…
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Polio cases have declined by 99% worldwide since 1988 thanks to mass vaccination campaigns. (File) Brussels: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that polio had been detected in Gaza and warned that children in the war-ravaged enclave would soon be infected by the disease if preventative measures were not quickly…
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