JUST IN: New York state health officials have found indications of additional cases of the polio virus in wastewater samples from two different counties, leading them to warn that hundreds of people may be infected.
, New York state health officials have found indications of additional cases of the polio virus in wastewater samples from two different counties, leading them to warn that hundreds of people may be infected.
In turn, state health department officials on Thursday intensified their push for people who have not been immunized against the virus to get vaccinated “right away” because the diagnosed case could be “the tip of the iceberg” of a much wider threat,Three positive wastewater samples from Rockford County and four from neighboring Orange County that investigators have linked genetically to the sole Rockford County diagnosis suggest that the polio virus is being spread within local communities,...
Polio was declared eliminated in the United States in 1979, more than two decades after vaccines became available,“We must meet this moment by ensuring that adults, including pregnant people, and young children by 2 months of age are up to date with their immunization — the safe protection against this debilitating virus that every New Yorker needs,” Bassett added.
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