“The risk to New Yorkers is real but the defense is so simple — get vaccinated against polio,” New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan said. Polio, we have identified polio in our sewage, and we’re still dealing with the monkeypox crisis. Children ages 1-9 in London were made eligible for booster doses of a polio vaccine Wednesday. In New York, one person suffered paralysis weeks ago because of a polio infection in Rockland County, north of the city. According to the CDC’s most recent childhood vaccination data, about 93% of 2-year-olds had received at least three doses of polio vaccine.

Source: CNN August 12, 2022 20:45 UTC