Woes upon woes- Bombs and Polio in Gaza
New Delhi [India], December 04: The detection of poliovirus in the sewage samples from Gaza in July 2024 is a double trouble for the country, putting already war-ravaged thousands of people living in camps at risk of contracting the highly infectious disease that can cause deformities and paralysis.
Across Gaza, thousands of people have been killed and wounded, and many are estimated to be missing. The health system is no longer functioning with the raging acute diarrhoeal disease, respiratory illnesses and Hepatitis-A and food insecurity, making the children even more susceptible to the disease.
There are several other instances in the past where humanitarian crises have augmented the spread of polio, such as in 2017 in war-torn Syria, which left 74 children paralysed. In Somalia, a decad...










