Gaza Polio Crisis: What We Know - The New York Times
WEBAug 31, 2024 · How widespread is polio in the Gaza Strip? The first confirmed polio patient in Gaza in 25 years is a boy named Abdul Rahman Abu Al-Jidyan, who is almost a year old and living with his...
Gaza: First polio case confirmed in war-shattered enclave - UN News
WEBAug 23, 2024 · A 10-month-old boy paralysed by polio in Gaza has become the first confirmed case of the deadly disease to be detected in the war-ravaged enclave in 25 years.
10-month-old contracts Gaza’s first case of polio in 25 years
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Traces of poliovirus were found in a 10-month-old child in the central Gazan city of Deir al-Balah, the health ministry said in a statement late Friday, adding that the baby had not received...
Large-scale polio vaccinations begin in war-ravaged Gaza after …
WEBSep 2, 2024 · 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 ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Israel’s war on Gaza live: 19 killed as first phase of polio campaign ...
WEB4 days ago · Israel’s war on Gaza updates: 26 killed in Israeli attacks in one day. A spate of Israeli air strikes from northern Gaza to the south kills more than two dozen, including children and women.
Baby in Gaza paralyzed by mutated polio strain ... - Associated Press News
WEBLONDON (AP) — The baby in Gaza who was recently paralyzed by polio was infected with a mutated strain of the virus that vaccinated people shed in their waste, according to scientists who say the case is the result of “an unqualified failure” of public health policy.
First case of polio detected in Gaza, Palestinian health ... - NBC News
WEBA 10 month-old baby is the first recorded case of polio in the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah, the Palestinian health ministry said Friday. The child, who had symptoms of the highly infectious...
Thousands more children protected on day 2 of Gaza polio campaign | UN News
WEBSep 2, 2024 · The UN-led mass polio vaccination campaign entered its second day in central Gaza on Monday with pauses in fighting holding sufficiently for thousands more children to receive their dose, in...
Anti-Polio Campaign in Gaza Enters New Phase, Hours After …
WEBSept. 5, 2024. Hours before families in Gaza lined up on Thursday to start the second phase of an emergency polio vaccination campaign, a deadly Israeli airstrike hit near a hospital in an area...
Polio detected in Gaza sewage water, threatening new health …
WEBJul 19, 2024 · The highly infectious polio virus has been found in sewage samples in Gaza, putting thousands of Palestinians at risk of contracting a disease that can cause paralysis.