A polio vaccination campaign in north Gaza has been postponed due to Israeli bombardments, mass displacement and lack of access, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. This final phase, due to begin on Wednesday,

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that the polio vaccination campaign in northern Gaza has been postponed due to heavy Israeli bombing and displacement. It said that around 120,000 children under the age of 10 were to be given the second dose of the vaccine.

The World Health Organization announced Wednesday that escalating Israeli violence and heavy bombardment in northern Gaza had delayed the final phase of

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the postponement of the third phase of the polio vaccination campaign, which was scheduled to begin Wednesday, in most parts of

Polio cases are rising ahead of a new vaccination campaign in Pakistan, where violence targeting health workers and the police protecting them has hampered years of efforts toward making the country polio-free.

The World Health Organization said Wednesday that "intense bombardment" and "escalating violence" in northern Gaza had forced it to postpone the final phase of a child polio vaccination drive.

The aim of the vaccine campaign in Gaza was to provide more than half a million kids with second doses of a novel oral vaccine. View on euronews