{"id":118313,"date":"2024-10-25T19:42:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T12:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118313"},"modified":"2024-10-25T19:42:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T12:42:50","slug":"possible-polio-outbreak-in-gaza-worrying-says-world-health-organization-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118313","title":{"rendered":"Possible polio outbreak in Gaza &#8216;worrying&#8217;, says World Health Organization | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V_918B4hLL4?autoplay=1&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>The World Health Organization is \u201cextremely worried\u201d about the possibility of an outbreak of the highly infectious polio virus in Gaza after traces were found in wastewater.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Ayadil Saparbekov, head of the WHO\u2019s team in the Palestinian territories, told reporters a risk assessment was being implemented and that health workers were providing protection advice to Gaza&#8217;s 2.3 million population.<\/p>\n<p>But, he added, it would be \u201cvery difficult\u201d for people to follow it, given the breakdown of water and sanitation services.<\/p>\n<p>Traces of polio &#8211; which is spread through faecal matter &#8211; were found in sewage samples collected from two sites in Gaza a month ago, indicating it may be circulating.<\/p>\n<p>No associated paralytic cases have been recorded so far. But the Israeli military said on Sunday that it had begun vaccinating its soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>The WHO and the UN children&#8217;s agency (Unicef) believe a mass vaccination campaign may be needed in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#Gaza #Polio #BBCNews<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V_918B4hLL4\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization is \u201cextremely worried\u201d about the possibility of an outbreak of the highly infectious polio virus in Gaza after traces were found in wastewater. Dr Ayadil Saparbekov, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118313\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}