Israel agrees to pause fighting so Palestinian children can receive polio vaccinations

CBS News

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Reporters from The Associated Press news agency saw roughly 10 infants receiving doses of vaccine in the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Saturday afternoon.
Aljazeera
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Eleven months of Israeli bombardment have created the ideal conditions to bring polio — which is spread mainly when contaminated stool from an infected person is orally ingested — back from near-eradication: destroyed water and sewage lines; hundreds of thousands crowded into patches of land lacking toilets and sewage systems; and a health care system that has collapsed under the weight of hostilities and war injuries, leading to a dramatic drop in routine vaccinations.
NBC News
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The U.N. health agency and partners are launching a campaign starting Sunday to vaccinate 640,000 Palestinian children in Gaza against polio, an ambitious effort amid a devastating war that has destroyed the territory's healthcare system.
Fox News
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A polio vaccination campaign kicked off in the devastated Gaza Strip on Saturday, almost a week after the World Health Organization confirmed the first case of the disease in decades.
Deutsche Welle

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