Polio

Israel agrees to pauses in fighting for Gaza polio vaccine drive

Around 1.26m doses of the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) are already in Gaza, with 400,000 additional doses…

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Polio vaccines arrive in Gaza in boost to vaccination campaign: UNICEF

More than 640,000 children are targeted to receive the polio type two (nOPV) vaccines, UNICEF said in a post on…

2 years ago

Baby contracts Gaza’s first case of polio in 25 years

Poliovirus, most often spread through sewage and contaminated water, is highly infectious.It can cause disfigurement and paralysis, and is potentially…

2 years ago

Gaza: First polio case confirmed in war-shattered enclave

Head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed deep concern at the development and said that…

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Gaza remains at ‘high risk’ of polio virus spread, warn UN aid teams

“At least two rounds of [orally delivered polio vaccine] will be necessary to shut down transmission,” the World Health Organization…

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WHO to send 1.2m polio vaccines to Gaza after outbreak warning

It will be a “huge logistical challenge” to ensure the 1.2 million vaccine doses are deployed successfully, said WHO official…

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Gazans need polio vaccines amid ‘deathly cycle’ of hunger, heat and disease, say UN aid agencies

Almost 10 months of war and intense Israeli bombardment have shattered healthcare in Gaza and disrupted routine inoculation rounds for…

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WHO to send one million polio vaccines to Gaza to protect children

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that the vaccines will be administered to children in the coming weeks.He noted that no cases of polio have been recorded…

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Polio in Gaza: WHO ‘extremely worried’ about possible outbreak

No associated paralytic cases have been recorded so far. But the Israeli military said on Sunday that it had begun…

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Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn

In a statement, Christian Lindmeier, spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO), said that vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2) had…

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