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UN officials have again urged for a humanitarian pause to ensure polio vaccines can be delivered to children in the Gaza Strip. Earlier this month, the first case of polio was reported in the Gaza Strip. The virus was first detected in the sewage in July. Louisa Baxter, operations lead at Save the Children’s Emergency Health Unit, told the UN Security Council on Thursday she was “surrounded by overwhelming destruction,” in Gaza. “More than 1.9 million people have been displaced and are moving through streets filled with rubble, rubbish and wastewater,” she said. “Polio is spreading in Gaza and…

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