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Polio returns to Gaza after over two decades
The Palestinian Ministry of Health has confirmed the reemergence of polio in the Gaza Strip as Israel continues to decimate healthcare infrastructure, says ANA VRACAR
NO ONE IS SAFE: Palestinian children forced to evacuate a school in eastern Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip on August 16 2024, after the Israeli military told civilians to evacuate

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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