Video / GettyThe United Kingdom has declared a "national incident" after fragments of a debilitating disease, long thought essentially eliminated, re-emerged in sewage samples. Routine surveillance of sewage in parts of London has found traces of the poliomyelitis virus, commonly known simply as polio. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Wednesday that it was likely there had been "some spread" of a "vaccine-like" poliovirus within the UK. Surveillance, vaccination and investment to #EndPolio 🌍 is critical, as the #UK's announcement of environmental #polio samples identified in London sewage reminds us. They are often due to someone having received the live oral polio vaccine overseas and then arriving in Britain.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 23, 2022 04:00 UTC