Baby in Gaza partly paralysed from polio in territory’s first case for 25 years
by Julian Borger in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#6Q6JZ)
WHO says infant in stable condition as it prepares to vaccinate more than 640,000 children amid war
A Palestinian baby in Gaza has been partly paralysed from polio in the first case there for 25 years, amid preparations for a difficult and dangerous vaccination campaign in the midst of war.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, confirmed that the affected infant had lost movement in his lower left leg, but was in a stable condition.
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