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Gaza polio vaccinations to resume Saturday: WHO

Published November 1, 2024
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The World Health Organization has said that a second round of child polio vaccinations in northern Gaza would begin on Saturday, after Israeli bombing in the area halted the drive, AFP reports.

“Polio vaccination in northern Gaza is ready to resume tomorrow,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X, adding: “We are assured of the necessary humanitarian pause in Gaza City to conduct the campaign.”

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