UK declares ‘national incident’ after polio virus is detected in London sewage

- the first sign since the 1980s that the virus could be spreading in the UK - but no cases have been found, authorities say.

The agency nevertheless encouraged parents to make sure their children were vaccinated after the discovery of the virus during routine wastewater surveillance - particularly those who may have missed shots during theVaccination levels across the UK are above the 90 per cent needed to prevent outbreaks but London’s coverage rates among the under-twos has dipped below that in recent years.

There is no cure but vaccination brought the world close to ending the wild, or naturally occurring, form of the disease. This year, one sample was found in February at the Beckton Treatment Works in east London and there has also been ongoing detection at the same plant, which serves around 4 million people, since April.In the past, UKHSA said the detections occurred when an individual vaccinated overseas with the live oral polio vaccine returned or travelled to the country, and briefly shed the virus in their faeces.

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