Gaza's Health Ministry says it has recorded the first case of polio in a 10-month-old Palestinian child

Associated Press

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Gaza's Health Ministry says it has recorded the first case of polio in a 10-month-old Palestinian child.

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