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WHO to send 1.2m polio vaccines to Gaza after outbreak warning

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WHO has announced plans to send 1.2 million polio vaccines to Gaza after virus was detected in wastewater.

The agency’s chief, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , outlined plans for two rounds of vaccination, targeting 600,000 children under the age of eight .

Gaza remains the focus of a 10-month-long Israeli military operation which has left only 16 out of 36 of the territory's hospitals even partially functional.

WHO called for a ceasefire and requested absolute freedom of movement’ during rollout of the vaccine programme.

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