First children in Gaza given polio vaccine

First children in Gaza given polio vaccine

The campaign is being rolled out after a 10-month-old was paralysed by a mutated strain of the virus

A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus has begun as Palestinians in the Hamas-governed coastal territory and the occupied West Bank reel from Israel’s campaigns in both regions.

Children in Gaza began receiving vaccines on Saturday, the Strip’s health ministry announced at a news conference, a day before the large-scale rollout and planned pause in fighting agreed to by Israel and the UN World Health Organization.

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