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Health official says polio vaccine campaign begins in war-torn Gaza

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A nurse administers Polio vaccine drops to a young Palestinian patient at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on August 31, 2024. [AFP]

A health official said a polio vaccination campaign began in Gaza on Saturday, while an aid worker said a large-scale rollout would begin on Sunday, coinciding with a "humanitarian pause" agreed by Israel and Hamas.

The vaccination drive was announced after Gaza recorded its first polio case in a quarter of a century earlier this month.

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