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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV)

Illustrative: View of the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem on August 17, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 25, 2024, 8:32 pm
Unvaccinated 17-year-old from Jerusalem area contracts polio, condition unspecified
Rare infection comes after mass vaccination campaign in wartorn Gaza, where polio was detected over the summer; Israel has seen a handful of cases in last decade
By ToI Staff
A health worker marks the finger of a child who received a vaccination for polio in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on September 4, 2024 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and terror group Hamas. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
November 6, 2024, 9:59 pm
Over 1 million Gazans vaccinated in fresh polio campaign, IDF says
Effort to distribute vaccines across Strip wraps up after second drive in three months, prompted by unvaccinated 10-month-old who was partially paralyzed by disease in August
By Jeremy Sharon
A child receives a vaccination for polio in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on September 4, 2024. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
October 12, 2024, 6:46 pm
UN says administering 2nd dose of polio vaccine in Gaza will be ‘more complicated’
Agencies prepping to begin 2nd round of inoculations on Monday after 1st reached target of 90% of children under 10; initiative will see localized ‘humanitarian pauses’ in fighting
By AFP and ToI Staff
A health worker marks the finger of a child who received a vaccination for polio in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on September 4, 2024 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and terror group Hamas. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
October 5, 2024, 6:14 am
WHO hopes to start 2nd round of Gaza polio vaccination on October 14
After successful first round, global body is now coordinating with Israel on the next dose to prevent spread of the disease
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A Palestinian medic administers polio vaccines to children at the al-Daraj neighborhood clinic in Gaza City on September 10, 2024. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
September 16, 2024, 4:59 pm
UNRWA chief says Gaza polio vaccine drive has reached 90% of children
Philippe Lazzarini says ‘humanitarian pauses’ were respected and the plan is to begin rolling out the second doses at the end of the month
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A Palestinian medic administers polio vaccines to children at the al-Daraj neighborhood clinic in Gaza City on September 10, 2024. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
September 10, 2024, 4:49 pm
Polio vaccinations begin in northern Gaza despite operational challenges
Health and aid officials say access restrictions, evacuation orders, fuel shortages hampering operation to vaccinate some 200,000 children
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a hospital in Khan Younis, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
August 31, 2024, 6:49 pm
Polio vaccination campaign begins in Gaza, health officials say
After first case of disease in enclave in 25 years found in 10-month-old boy, Israel agreed to temporary pauses in fighting to allow inoculation of some 640,000 children
By AFP
Boys sit on a cart with humanitarian aid packages in central Gaza City on August 27, 2024. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)
August 29, 2024, 9:19 pm
Israel agrees to localized ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Gaza for polio vaccination, WHO says
Three-day halts to fighting in different parts of Strip to start Sunday, UN health agency says, in move coordinated with Israel; PMO denies agreement represents a truce
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinians gather to fill water jugs near one of the strip's few functioning desalination plants in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
July 23, 2024, 4:42 pm
Disease expert warns polio outbreak in Gaza could spread to Israel
Dr. Lior Nesher says that it is ‘almost impossible’ to stop the spread of the virus in aquifers; unvaccinated children most at risk
By Diana Bletter
Palestinians walk past mounds of garbage and open sewage in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City, on July 3, 2024 (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
July 21, 2024, 6:22 pm
IDF to give booster vaccinations to soldiers after polio virus found in Gaza sewage
Health Ministry says it will monitor situation in Israel; no cases of polio have been detected so far in the Gaza Strip, according to the World Health Organization
By Diana Bletter
A child is given an oral vaccine for polio in Neve Yaakov, Jerusalem, on September 10 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2023, 5:59 pm
Israel Pediatric Association urges immediate vaccination drive against polio
After children in Safed are diagnosed with new strain, group says there is no time to waste in getting the IPV vaccine shots into the arms of Israel’s 175,000 unvaccinated
By Renee Ghert-Zand
File: A research assistant prepares a PCR reaction for polio at a lab at Queens College on August 25, 2022, in New York City. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
March 2, 2023, 10:22 pm
Three more children diagnosed with polio virus in northern outbreak
New asymptomatic cases discovered among close contacts of initial patient in city of Safed; Health Ministry warns of potential spread
By Ash Obel
File: A research assistant prepares a PCR reaction for polio at a lab at Queens College on August 25, 2022, in New York City. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
September 3, 2022, 9:22 pm
Polio case stirs fear in New York, accelerates vaccine push in Jewish community
Case identified in July, first since 2013, was young non-inoculated Orthodox man; rabbis urge community members to get vaccinated
By Peter HUTCHISON and Celine Gesret
Illustrative. An child receives an oral polio vaccine, August 18, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)
August 21, 2022, 8:44 pm
Polio spread in Israel, US, UK highlights extremely rare risk of oral vaccine
Unlikely phenomenon becomes more glaring as world comes closer to wiping out naturally concurring disease, but now faces more cases caused by oral immunization
By Maria Cheng
Illustrative image: A baby receives a vaccine (Marina Demidiuk via iStock by Getty Images)
July 5, 2022, 11:00 am
In wake of polio outbreak, baby vaccine rate rises to 96%
Authorities have been urging vaccination since March, when first case in 34 years was diagnosed; parents of babies respond well, but less so for older kids
By Nathan Jeffay
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