Gaza reports first polio case in decades amid conflict
Saturday, 17 August 2024 Palestinian health officials reported the first polio case in the Gaza Strip in years, found in an unvaccinated 10-month-old child in Deir al-Balah. The virus was detected in wastewater in two major cities last month. The humanitarian crisis and lack of cease-fire have hampered vaccination efforts, with WHO planning a massive vaccination campaign by the end of August.
The first polio case in Deir Al-Balah has been confirmed, raising extreme concern among Gazan mothers given the severe shortage of medicine and medical supplies available. There is already a struggle for adequate care at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. Veuerβs Chloe Hurst has the story!
When 10-month-old Abdel Rahman Abu al-Jedian contracted polio in July, he became the Gaza Strip's first case of the disease in 25 years. It had previously been detected in water in the war-torn..
Antonio Guterres says Gaza is in "humanitarian freefall" and calls for pause in fighting so aid agencies can deliver 1.6 million doses of the nOPV2 polio vaccine to the strip.
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Saturday, 17 August 2024
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