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

  • Closure of Gaza hospitals due to Israeli strikes, restrictions on fuel have contributed to lower vaccination rates
  • It is not clear how the strain arrived in Gaza, but genetic sequencing shows it resembles a variant found in Egypt
By Reuters ·

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