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All children aged one-to-nine and living in Greater London will be offered a polio vaccine after the virus was detected in sewage.The virus, which can cause paralysis, has been found 116 times in London's wastewater since February.The urgent immunisation campaign will see nearly a million children offered the vaccine - including those already up to date with their jabs.Parents and carers will be contacted by their GP within the next month.Polio is seen as a disease of the past in the UK after the whole of Europe was declared polio-free in 2003. ...
A health official in New York State has told the BBC there could be hundreds or even thousands of undiagnosed cases of polio there.It follows an announcement last month that an unvaccinated man had been paralysed by the virus in Rockland County, New York.His case has been linked genetically to traces of polio virus found in sewage in London and Jerusalem.Developed countries have been warned to boost vaccination rates. ...
Marked safe from Polio since 1962.
