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Polio vaccination targets surpassed for Gaza children, says WHO
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03/09/2024 09:23 PM | Click to read full article
WHO's mass campaign, which was hastened after the discovery of the first polio case in a Gazan baby last month, relies on daily eight-hour pauses in fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in specific areas of the besieged enclave. A WHO representative for the Occupied Palestinian territories said they vaccinated more than 161,000 children under 10 in the central area in the first two days of its campaign, compared with a projection of around 150,000.
