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Polio campaign begins in central Gaza: AFP

31 August 2024 13:17 BST

Health officials have launched a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza to combat an outbreak after the besieged enclave recorded its first case in 25 years.

Moussa Abed, the Palestinian health ministry's director of primary healthcare in Gaza, said the UN and NGOs "are starting today the polio vaccination campaign in the central region".

The WHO said Israel had agreed to at least three days of "humanitarian pauses" in parts of Gaza, starting on August 31, to facilitate a vaccination drive (AFP/Jihad al-Sharafi) — The WHO said Israel has agreed to at least three days of "humanitarian pauses" in parts of Gaza, starting on 31 August, to facilitate the vaccination effort (AFP/Jihad al-Sharafi)

A nurse administers Polio vaccine drops to a young Palestinian patient at the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on August 31, 2024 (AFP/Jihad Al-Sharafi) — A nurse administers polio vaccine drops to a young Palestinian patient at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 31 August 2024 (AFP/Jihad Al-Sharafi)