Polio returns to Gaza after over two decades
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ON AUGUST 16, the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that a 10-month-old baby in Gaza had been infected with polio.
This announcement, though heartwrenching, was not unexpected given that the polio virus had been detected in Gaza’s wastewaters shortly before.
Public health experts had long warned that without an immediate ceasefire and the entry of essential supplies, infectious diseases could kill even more children than Israeli bombs already have.
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