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Second phase of polio vaccination campaign begins in Gaza, WHO says

Aid groups carried out a first round of vaccination last month, after a baby was found infected

GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organisation said on X on Monday that the second phase of a polio vaccination campaign had started in central Gaza.

Aid groups carried out a first round of vaccinations last month, after a baby was partially paralysed by the type 2 polio virus in August, in the first such case in the territory in 25 years. 

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