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Data from the World Health Organization shows 114 of 160 nations, including the UK and US, have not jabbed at least 95 per cent of their one-year-olds against polio.
LONDON, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Poliovirus has been detected in sewage samples from North and East London taken between February and May, the UK Health Security Age
The UK Heath Security Agency (UKHSA) is reporting several traces of poliovirus have been detected in London sewage samples over the past few months. So what does this mean? And should anyone be worried?
Polio used to paralyse millions of children around the world every year in the 1940s and 1950s and consign thousands to 'iron lungs' - large machines that helped them breathe.
While it is normal for one to three 'vaccine-like' polioviruses to be detected each year in UK sewage samples, the UKHSA has reported that several closely-related viruses have been found during routine surveillance of samples taken between February and May this year. LSHTM polio experts Professor David Heymann and Dr Kathleen O'Reilly comment: