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Mere hours after getting their polio vaccinations in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip — as part of a children’s immunization campaign — sisters Hanan Al-Daqqi and Misk Al-Daqqi were wounded in an Israeli airstrike on their home minutes after a humanitarian pause ended, leaving them as amputees. CBC | World News
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Taliban suspends polio vaccinations in Afghanistan
The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN said Monday. It’s a devastating setback for polio eradication, since the virus is one of the world’s most infectious and any unvaccinated groups of children where the virus is spreading could undo years of progress. CBC | World News
Read More »Children in Gaza receive polio vaccines as WHO launches emergency campaign
More than 600,000 children under the age of 10 will receive the oral vaccine against polio after the first case was confirmed by WHO in Gaza. The fighting will pause for at least eight hours a day in specified areas to give health workers the opportunity to vaccinate children. CBC | World News
Read More »Doctors and aid workers prepare for mass polio vaccinations in Gaza amid pause in fighting
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Read More »WHO makes deal with Israel for limited pauses in Gaza fighting to allow for polio vaccinations
The World Health Organization said it has reached an agreement with Israel for limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for polio vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of children after a baby contracted the first confirmed case in 25 years in the Palestinian territory. CBC | World News
Read More »With polio in Gaza, a new challenge emerges: How to vaccinate 640,000 children in a war zone?
Aid workers plan to immunize hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza to stop the disease’s spread. But in order to make it work, they need peace — at least for a couple of days. CBC | World News
Read More »This 11-month-old is the 1st confirmed case of polio in Gaza
Nafin Abu Al-Jidyan says her son was crawling normally, until one day, he developed a fever followed by vomiting. She rushed him to the Al-Aqsa Hospital, where staff ran tests and confirmed Abdul Rahman had contracted polio. CBC | World News
Read More »This 11-month-old is the first confirmed case of polio in Gaza
Nafin Abu Al-Jidyan says her son was crawling normally, until one day, he developed a fever followed by vomiting. She rushed him to the Al-Aqsa Hospital, where staff ran tests and confirmed Abdul Rahman had contracted polio. CBC | World News
Read More »Baby in Gaza suffering paralysis from polio virus, World Health Organization says
A 10-month-old baby in war-shattered Gaza has been paralyzed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case in the territory in 25 years, the World Health Organization said on Friday, with UN agencies appealing for urgent vaccinations of every baby. CBC | World News
Read More »Gaza’s Health Ministry has declared a polio epidemic. What does it mean for the territory?
The Gaza Health Ministry on Monday declared the Gaza Strip an “epidemic area” for polio. It said the presence of the virus is due to the destruction of critical infrastructure during the Israel-Hamas war. International organizations are calling for an immediate ceasefire to stop the possible spread of polio in Gaza and beyond. CBC | World News
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