A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus has begun. It comes after a baby caught the virus last week - the first case in the territory in 25 years.
A polio vaccination campaign is under way in Gaza - while medics claimed at least 49 people were killed in Israeli strikes ahead of the rollout. The UN, relying on daily eight-hour pauses in fighting between Israel and Hamas, is aiming to vaccinate 640,000 children in the territory. Healthcare workers in Gaza have warned of a potential polio outbreak for months and last week a baby was partially paralysed by type 2 polio, the first case there in 25 years.
On Saturday, medics administered vaccines on some of the children at Nasser Hospital wards in a symbolic move before the official campaign began. But medics in Nuseirat, one of Gaza's eight historic refugee camps, said separate Israeli strikes killed at least 19 people, including nine members of the same family. More than 30 other people were killed in a series of strikes in other areas of Gaza, they added.
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