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Alert from New York: Polio Emergency

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Polio virus has now been detected in sewage samples from four counties in the New York metropolitan area

New York Gov. Kathy Hotchul on Friday declared a state of polio emergency to boost vaccination rates in the state amid further evidence that the virus is spreading in communities.

Polio virus has now been detected in sewage samples from four counties in the New York metropolitan area as well as the city itself. The counties are Rockland, Orange, Sullivan and Nassau.

The samples tested positive for the polio virus, a virus that can cause paralysis in humans, state health officials said.

Unvaccinated people who live, work, go to school or visit Orange, Rockland, Nassau, New York and Sullivan are at the highest risk for polio, officials said.

New York began monitoring wastewater after an unvaccinated adult contracted polio in Rockland County in July and suffered paralysis.

It was the first known infection in the US in nearly a decade.

The New York State Health Commissioner, Dr. Mary Bassett, urged people who have not been vaccinated to get the vaccine immediately.

CNBC

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