Polio Vaccination Campaign Begins in Gaza After First Case in 25 Years
- A polio vaccination campaign has started in Gaza following the first confirmed case of the disease in decades, as announced by the WHO.
- The campaign aims to vaccinate over 640,000 children under the age of 10, with 1.26 million doses already delivered and 400,000 more on the way.
- The WHO has coordinated three-day 'humanitarian pauses' in the fighting to facilitate the vaccination effort.
- Local health officials are beginning the campaign in central Gaza and plan to extend it northward and southward.
- The first polio case in 25 years was detected in a 10-month-old child, highlighting the urgent need for widespread vaccination amid ongoing conflict.
Source: [DW](https://www.dw.com/en/polio-vaccines-arrive-in-gaza-after-first-case-in-25-years/a-70101178)
- The campaign aims to vaccinate over 640,000 children under the age of 10, with 1.26 million doses already delivered and 400,000 more on the way.
- The WHO has coordinated three-day 'humanitarian pauses' in the fighting to facilitate the vaccination effort.
- Local health officials are beginning the campaign in central Gaza and plan to extend it northward and southward.
- The first polio case in 25 years was detected in a 10-month-old child, highlighting the urgent need for widespread vaccination amid ongoing conflict.
Source: [DW](https://www.dw.com/en/polio-vaccines-arrive-in-gaza-after-first-case-in-25-years/a-70101178)
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