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Mohammed Nashbat

Chickenpox sweeps Gaza camps as thousands of cases emerge in two weeks

Chickenpox is spreading rapidly through Gaza's displacement camps, with around 9,300 cases recorded in just two weeks across more than 130 health facilities, as doctors warn that the real scale of the outbreak is almost certainly larger than the figures suggest.

The UN health cluster attributed the surge to extreme overcrowding in displacement sites, high summer temperatures and declining access to clean water.

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