The United Nations is hoping to vaccinate an estimated 640,000 children in Gaza after traces of the polio virus were found in the sewage system earlier this year.
According to the WHO, a 10-month-old baby had been paralysed by the type-2 strand of the virus – the first case in Gaza in 25 years.
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/israel-and-hamas-agree-to-brief-ceasefires-in-gaza-to-distribute-thousands-of-polio-vaccines-who-says-13205656
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