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The Guardian

UN’s Gaza polio campaign inoculates 189,000 children in first phase



Agency hails ‘great progress’ in vaccinations as Israeli minister hints at resolution to ceasefire impasseThe United Nations children’s agency has said that a polio vaccination campaign to inoculate more than 640,000 children in Gaza is surpassing expectations at the end of the first phase of the programme.Describing the campaign as a “rare bright spot” in almost 11 months of war, Unicef said that 189,000 children had been reached so far as more than 500 teams deployed across central Gaza this week. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/04/uns-gaza-polio-campaign-inoculates-189000-children-in-first-phase

Author : Peter Beaumont

Publish date : 2024-09-04 17:06:10

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