Children In London To Be Offered Polio Booster Jab After Virus Detected In Sewage Samples
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The detected levels of poliovirus suggest "that there is some level of virus transmission in these boroughs which may extend to the adjacent areas", said the statement.
Around one million children in London will be offered a polio booster vaccine after the virus was detected in sewage samples across the capital, health officials said Wednesday.
"Following the discovery of type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus in sewage in north and east London," a targetted booster does would be offered to children between one and nine, said a health ministry statement.
There have been no confirmed cases of the disease, but it has been found at an increasing number of sewage plants across the capital. It was first detected at an east London treatment works earlier this year.
The detected levels suggest "that there is some level of virus transmission in these boroughs which may extend to the adjacent areas", said the statement.
