How did polio reemerge in Gaza after a quarter of a century? Q&A with a virologist

By Lee Sherry, Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow

A ten-month-old boy in the Gaza Strip was recently paralysed by poliovirus – the first such case in the region this century. Israel and Hamas have agreed to a limited ceasefire to allow 640,000 children in the enclave to be vaccinated against the virus.

We asked a virologist to explain how the virus emerged in the region after all this time, and how it will be dealt with._

Given that polio was all but eradicated…

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~	Pravin Gordhan: a lifetime of service to South Africa – as an activist and then in building the new democracy

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