Large-scale polio vaccinations begin in war-ravaged Gaza after first case in 25 years

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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an outbreak in the territory that has been ravaged by the Israel-Hamas war.

Polio is spread through fecal matter. Widespread hunger has left people even more vulnerable to illness.“We escaped death with our children, and fled from place to place for the sake of our children, and now we have these diseases,' said Wafaa Obaid, who brought her three children to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah to get the vaccinations.Ammar Ammar, a spokesperson for the U.N.

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