2024 Gaza Strip polio epidemic
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title:
2024 Gaza Strip polio epidemic
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The 2024 Gaza Strip polio outbreak is an ongoing outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in the Gaza Strip, first discovered on 16 July 2024 and officially declared an epidemic by the Gaza health ministry on 29 July. The Gaza health ministry stated that the epidemic presented a significant risk to Gaza's citizens and to bordering countries, and called the outbreak "a setback to the global polio eradication program". The World Health Organization reported that it was "v
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Disease outbreak in the Gaza Strip, Palestine
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Gaza_Strip_polio_epidemic
date created:
2024-07-30T19:00:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T05:21:22Z
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