Polio Vaccinations Underway In Gaza After First Case In 25 Years

6 weeks ago Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies have begun a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip. They hope to prevent an outbreak in the territory that has been ravaged by the Israel-Hamas war. Authorities plan to vaccinate children in central Gaza until Wednesday before moving on to the more devastated north and south. The campaign aims to reach about 640,000 children. Israel has agreed to limited pauses in fighting to facilitate the campaign. Gaza recently reported its first polio case in 25 years — a 10-month-old boy, now paralyzed in the leg.