Polio detected in Gaza

560,000 children in Gaza vaccinated against polio

Polio vaccinations wrap up in Gaza as officials try to inoculate 90% of children under age 10

Polio vaccinations are wrapping up in Gaza on Thursday as the World Health Organization and its partners attempt to inoculate 90% of children under age 10.

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newarab · 8d

Children in Gaza will be protected from polio but not Israel’s airstrikes

Simply pausing & not stopping Israel’s bombing of Gaza to vaccinate children at risk of polio shows the limits of efforts to save them, writes Yara Asi.

Yahoo · 15h

First round of polio vaccinations in Gaza completed, says WHO chief

The first round of the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip has been successfully completed, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. More than 560,000 children under the age of 10 have received a first dose of the vaccine,

ABC on MSN · 11d

What to know about polio vaccination campaign in Gaza after 1st first case in 25 years

A mass polio vaccination campaign is underway in Gaza to vaccinate more than 640,000 children after the first case in 25 years was recently detected in the strip.

Barron's · 1d

Gaza Polio Vaccination Drive A 'Massive Success': WHO

The WHO chief hailed Friday the success of the first phase of a giant polio vaccination campaign in war-ravaged Gaza after more than 560,000 children received a first dose.

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What We Know About the Polio Crisis in Gaza

Israel and Hamas have agreed to brief pauses in fighting so that humanitarian workers can begin an inoculation campaign.

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How did polio reemerge in Gaza after a quarter of a century? Q&A with a virologist

A ten-month-old boy in the Gaza Strip was recently paralysed by poliovirus – the first such case in the region this century.

NBC New York28d

Gaza reports first polio case in 25 years as UN calls for cease-fire

One case has been confirmed, others are suspected and the virus was detected in wastewater in six different locations in ...

NBC News28d

First case of polio detected in Gaza, Palestinian health ministry says

and linked to a variant of the polio virus last detected in Egypt in 2023. In a major worry, WHO said three children in Gaza have already been found with “acute flaccid paralysis” — the ...

CNN28d

10-month-old contracts Gaza’s first case of polio in 25 years

Doctors in war-torn Gaza have detected a case of polio for the first time in 25 years, health officials said, as international aid bodies call for a pause in the conflict to make way for a ...

The Durango Herald28d

Aid groups in Gaza aim to avert a polio outbreak with a surge of vaccinations

One case has been confirmed, others are suspected and the virus was detected in wastewater in six different locations in July. Polio was eradicated in Gaza 25 years ago, but vaccinations plunged ...

The Sun Chronicle29d

First case of polio confirmed in a 10-month-old child in Gaza, Palestinian health officials say

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian health officials on Friday reported the first case of polio in an unvaccinated 10-month-old child in the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah, the first case in ...

Times Argus27d

Aid groups in Gaza aim to avert a polio outbreak with a surge of vaccinations

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