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September 13, 2024

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Bannu Police Strike After Attacks On Polio Vaccination Teams In KP

A rendering showing police officers standing guard as a health worker administers polio drops to a child during a polio vaccination campaign. — AFP/File PESHAWAR: More than 100 policemen providing security to polio vaccination teams in restive border areas went on strike on Thursday after a series of deadly militant attacks this week. Police deployed regularly to protect door-to-door polio workers are often attacked by militants waging a war against security forces. Hundreds of police and polio workers have been killed in the past decade. “Police officers will not be performing polio duties,” said a police officer involved in the

September 6, 2024

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Israeli airstrikes kill 27 in Gaza as polio vaccination campaign continues

Israeli military strikes killed at least 27 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Friday, doctors said, as health officials resumed vaccinating tens of thousands more children in the enclave against polio. In Nuseirat, one of eight historic refugee camps in the area, an Israeli airstrike killed two women and two children, while eight other people were killed in two other airstrikes in Gaza City, medics said. The rest were killed in subsequent raids across the enclave, they added. Meanwhile, Israeli forces battled Hamas in the Gaza City suburb of Zeitoun, where residents said tanks had been operating for more than

September 6, 2024

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Israel Blocks Polio Vaccination Efforts in East Gaza: Palestinian Ministry of Health

Israel has denied coordination for medical teams to administer polio vaccinations in areas east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, according to Gaza’s health ministry. This region hosts a significant part of the target population for the vaccination campaign. The ministry has urged the immediate intervention of the relevant agencies to ensure the success of the vaccination campaign and reach all children in need. The second phase of the polio vaccination campaign began on Thursday in Khan Younis, targeting children under the age of ten. Dr. Abdul Hadi Seyam reported strong parental interest in the vaccination drive, with medical teams

September 1, 2024

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Gaza attacks claim 48 lives ahead of polio vaccination campaign

KARACHI: Israeli airstrikes have resulted in at least 48 deaths in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian health officials said on Saturday. This escalation of violence came amid clashes in central and southern Gaza, shortly before the planned polio vaccination campaign began. The United Nations plans to vaccinate about 640,000 children in Gaza against polio, subject to a daily eight-hour ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hamas fighters in certain areas of the besieged territory. Yousef Abu Al-Reesh, Gaza’s deputy health minister, said vaccination teams would try to cover as many areas as possible, but stressed that only a complete ceasefire would ensure

August 31, 2024

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Polio vaccination campaign begins in Gaza as WHO secures humanitarian pause

Listen to the article A health official said a polio vaccination campaign began in Gaza on Saturday after the war-torn region recorded its first case of the disease in a quarter of a century. Local health officials along with the UN and NGOs are “starting today the polio vaccination campaign in the central area,” said Musa Abed, director of primary health care at Gaza’s health ministry. AFP. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that Israel had agreed to a series of three-day “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza to facilitate vaccinations, although officials had earlier said the campaign was expected

August 28, 2024

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UN calls humanitarian pause in Gaza to vaccinate 640,000 children

CONSTANTINOPLE: UN agencies and their partners have urgently called for a humanitarian pause in the war in Gaza to ensure more than 640,000 children can receive polio vaccines. The request underscores the urgent need for an immediate cessation of hostilities to prevent the spread of the disease among vulnerable populations in the region. According to a statement by the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), the agencies are ready to administer the vaccines, but the deteriorating security situation requires a temporary ceasefire for humanitarian reasons. Agencies warn that delaying the vaccination campaign could significantly increase the risk of a polio

March 20, 2024

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Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro has been accused of falsifying Covid vaccination data

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in front of his home before testifying at the Federal Police in Brasilia, Brazil, on February 22, 2024. —Reuters Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been accused of falsifying vaccine records during his tenure, he said CNN Brazil. According to police, Bolsonaro apparently ordered a close aide to put fake vaccination data into a Health Ministry database that belonged to him and his daughter. Along with Bolsonaro, former lieutenant colonel Mauro Cid and 15 others are singled out in the indictment for their alleged involvement in the scheme. After the podcast, Bolsonaro’s lawyer Fabio Wajngarten

January 12, 2024

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WHO sees ‘incredibly low’ flu and Covid vaccination rates on the rise

LONDON/CHICAGO: Low vaccination rates against the latest versions of Covid-19 and the flu are putting pressure on health care systems this winter, top public health officials told Reuters. In the United States, many European countries and other parts of the world, there have been reports of increasing hospitalizations linked to respiratory infections in recent weeks. Death rates have also risen among the elderly in some areas, but well below the peak of the Covid pandemic. The Spanish government has reinstated mask-wearing requirements in healthcare facilities, as have some US hospital chains. “Too many people need serious medical care for influenza,

December 6, 2023

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Banks asked not to ask for COVID-19 vaccination certificate from Haj applicants

Switzerland’s Covid certificate application for COVID-19 certificates is shown in this image. — Reuters/File WHO has declared COVID-19 no longer a public health emergency. Ministry asked to direct banks not to ask for certificates. Mandatory COVID-19 certificate removed: NCOC. ISLAMABAD: Health authorities in Pakistan on Wednesday asked all commercial banks not to ask for a COVID-19 vaccination certificate from those applying for Haj 2024. According to the National Center for Command and Operations (NCOC) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Islamabad, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that COVID-19 is no longer a Public Health Emergency of International

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