Gaza children given polio vaccine as pause in fighting holds

The aim is to vaccinate 640,000 children, weeks after the first polio case was detected in Gaza in 25 years.

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The rollout relies on a series of localised pauses in fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas fighters.

To be effective, the World Health Organization (WHO) says at least 90% of children under 10 must be immunised in a short time frame.

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