Polio Detected in NY County's Wastewater Again, 1st Time Since October

For the first time since Oct. 2022, the New York State Department of Health confirmed that polio had been detected in local wastewater from Rockland County

"It is our obligation to protect all our residents from these debilitating and potentially fatal diseases. The law requiring childhood vaccinations has been in place for many years for this very reason," said County Executive Ed Day."I urge our residents to act now and protect yourselves, your family, and your community."

That testing followed the discovery of a case of paralytic polio in an unvaccinated Rockland County man during Summer 2022. He was the only known case, but data published later in the year made it clear that the virus has spread widely. Of the 89 positive samples, 82 were genetically linked to the Rockland County man's infection, and 80 of those 82 were found in Rockland, Sullivan and Orange counties.

Polio has now been found in New York City wastewater samples, suggesting the virus is spreading, Melissa Colorado reports.

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