Polio vaccination plan in Gaza: 640,000 children set to vaccinate in 3 days

The UN health agency and partners are launching a campaign starting Sunday to vaccinate 640,000 Palestinian children in Gaza 1 against polio, an ambitious effort amid a devastating war that has destroyed the territory's healthcare system.

The campaign comes after the first polio case was reported in Gaza in 25 years a 10-month-old boy, now 1 paralyzed in the leg.

The World Health Organization says the presence of a paralysis case indicates there 3 could be hundreds more who have been infected but aren't showing symptoms.

Most people who have polio do not experience symptoms, and those who do usui ally recover in a week or so. But there is no cure, and when - polio causes paralysis it is usually permanent.

If the paralysis affects : breathing muscles, the disease can be fatal.