WHO Raises Outbreak Alarm As Once Eradicated Polio Returns To Gaza Authored by Brett Wilkins via Common Dreams, Following over a month of warnings, Gaza recorded its first case of polio since the highly contagious virus was eradicated there 25 years ago, prompting a Friday call by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres for a temporary truce to enable a vaccination drive in the embattled strip. The Gaza Health Ministry said Friday that an 10-month-old infant in the central city of Deir al-Balah “who has not received any polio vaccine dose” has tested positive for the virus, which often causes paralysis and can be fatal. The… — Continue at ZeroHedge News : Read More
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