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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Julian Borger in Jerusalem

Baby in Gaza partly paralysed from polio in territory’s first case for 25 years

A Palestinian girl is examined by a doctor
A Palestinian girl is examined by a doctor amid fears over the spread of polio in the strip. Photograph: Ramadan Abed/Reuters

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.

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