authorities don start a big polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip.

Polio vaccine campaign don start for Gaza, as war still dey go

September 2, 2024

United Nations agencies and Palestinian health authorities don start a big polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip. Israel and Hamas agree to brief pauses in their 11-month war to allow the campaign after the first polio case in 25 years don show for the area.

Polio dey spread through contaminated water, food, or contact with an infected person. The campaign don start for central Gaza and go spread to other areas in the coming days. Fighting go pause for at least eight hours on three consecutive days to allow the vaccination.

The vaccines go dey given at about 160 sites, including medical centres and schools. Children under 10 go get two drops of oral polio vaccine in two rounds, with the second dose four weeks after the first.

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