A Palestinian baby in Gaza has been partly paralysed from polio in the first case there for 25 years, amid preparations for a difficult and dangerous vaccination campaign in the midst of war.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, confirmed that the affected infant had lost movement in his lower left leg, but was in a stable condition.
More than 1.6m doses of vaccine against poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2), the variant of the disease involved, are due to be delivered to Gaza for an immunisation campaign in two rounds. The first round is due to begin on 31 August and the second at the end of September or beginning of October.
The refrigeration equipment required to keep the vaccine at the right temperature…
