EU calls for 'humanitarian pauses' for Gaza polio vaccination campaign

The European Union has urged "immediate humanitarian pauses" to allow for a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza.

The EU High Representative's Office said it "welcomes the delivery of more than 1.2 million oral polio vaccines as well as the cooperation by Israel in delivering the vaccines to Gaza, and underlines the importance of further cooperation by all sides with WHO, UNRWA and UNICEF to conduct the vaccination rollout".

This comes after the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza confirmed a 10-month-old baby was found to have polio in Deir el-Balah. 

The vaccination campaign aims to target 640,000 children in the Gaza Strip.