August 30, 2024 5:20 PM

What is known about polio’s return to the Gaza Strip

Health authorities in the Gaza Strip confirmed the first case of polio in 25 years earlier this month. The infection and subsequent partial paralysis of the nearly year-old Abdul-Rahman Abu Al-Jidyan has hastened plans for a mass vaccination campaign of children across the Palestinian enclave starting on Sept. 1. Three-day pauses in fighting in each of Gaza's three zones have been agreed by Israel and Hamas to allow thousands of U.N. workers to administer vaccines. WHERE DID THE INFECTION COM...