2024.08.18 17:25 GMT+8

Gaza reports first polio case in 25 years

Updated 2024.08.18 17:25 GMT+8
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Palestinian health officials have reported the first case of polio in an unvaccinated 10-month-old child in the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah. This is the first case in 25 years in the coastal enclave. UN health and children's agencies have called for seven-day pauses in the fighting, starting at the end of August, to vaccinate 640,000 Palestinian children against polio.

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