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1.2 million polio vaccine doses delivered to Gaza ahead of Sept 1 campaign: WHO

This effort is crucial for safeguarding the health of Gaza's young population.
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Berlin: Some 1.2 million vaccine doses have already been delivered to Gaza ahead of a September 1 campaign to vaccinate more than 640,000 children against polio, a WHO official said on Friday.

Some 400,000 additional doses are en route to the territory, said Rik Peeperkorn, the WHO's representative for the occupied Palestinian territories.

—Reuters

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