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Russian invasion: Ukraine runs low of medical supplies and halts efforts to curb polio outbreak

The Sharjah24 reported, citing Reuters, Ukraine's public health experts say that the country is running low on critical medical supplies and has had to halt urgent efforts to curb a polio outbreak since Russia invaded the country.
The report said that medical needs are already acute, with the World Health Organization warning on Sunday that oxygen supplies were running out.
It mentioned that fears of a wider public health crisis are growing as people flee their homes, health services are interrupted and supplies fail to reach Ukraine, which has also been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic said on Monday routine immunisation and outbreak control efforts for polio had been suspended in Ukraine because of the fighting. He said that WHO has received reports that coronavirus vaccination campaigns have also been put on hold in many parts of the country.
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Last October, Ukraine found the first polio case in Europe for five years - a 17-month old toddler who was paralysed - and another case involving paralysis was found in January.
Ukraine sends delegation to meet Russian representatives at the border with Belarus, as fighting continues
The report noted that nineteen more children have been identified with the vaccine-derived form of polio but without symptoms of paralysis.
Source: sharjah24
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