Polio incident in London - virus detected in sewer
Britain Declares National Incident After Poliovirus Found in London - June 22, 2022
"The last case of polio in Britain was in 1984, and the country was declared polio-free in 2003. Before the introduction of the polio vaccine, epidemics were common in Britain, with up to 8,000 cases of paralysis reported every year."
"Routine surveillance of sewage in the country picks up poliovirus once or twice a year, but between February and May, officials identified the virus in several samples collected in London,..."
“Most of the disease is asymptomatic, it is only about one in 500 children who are actually paralyzed,”
Vitamin D Life pages with POLIO in title
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