UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for a "polio pause" in Gaza for a polio vaccination campaign.
In recent weeks, poliovirus has been detected in wastewater samples in Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah, meaning that the virus, which can cause paralysis, is now circulating, with hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza at risk.
