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Unicef says more children will die in Gaza if polio vaccines are not delivered

today16 August, 2024

Background

The United Nations Children’s Fund, Unicef says if polio vaccines don’t get distributed immediately, children in Gaza will die. 1.2 million doses of the vaccine have been approved by the World Health Organisation following the discovery of poliovirus type 2 in July by the Global Polio Laboratory Network in sewage samples collected in Gaza. Here’s Jody Jacobs with more.

 

Written by: Leonard Witbeen