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All London children aged one to nine to be offered polio vaccine dose after more virus found in sewers

Summary by Ground News

Polio cases were cut dramatically in the late 1950s and early 1960s, with the last naturally occurring cases of polio in the US in 1979. Polio is a disease often spread in water that mostly affects children under 5. It has mostly been wiped out from developed countries, but outbreaks remain in Pakistan, Afghanistan and parts of Africa.

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Times of India

Polio spreading in London, booster campaign launched for under-10s :health agency

The virus found in London sewage is mainly the vaccine-like virus, which is found when children vaccinated with a particular kind of live vaccine - no..

2 years ago·India

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BBC News

Urgent polio boosters for London children

Nearly a million children, aged one to nine, will be offered a jab in the next month after virus found in sewage.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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News18 India

UK: London Children Aged 1 to 9 to be Offered Polio Shot After More Evidence of Virus Spreading

British health authorities said the virus is spreading in multiple regions of the capital, but no cases have been confirmed yet

2 years ago·India

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The Guardian

All children aged one to nine in London to be offered polio vaccine booster

Public health officials hoping to curb spread after polioviruses found in sewage samples across capital

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

London children under nine to get Polio vaccine after more virus detected in sewage

Type 2 poliovirus was first found in the Beckton (London) sewage treatment plant in February

2 years ago·India

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CTV News

London kids to be offered polio shot after more virus found

Children ages 1-9 in London were made eligible for booster doses of a polio vaccine Wednesday after British health authorities reported finding evidence the virus has spread in multiple areas of the city but found no cases of the paralytic disease in people.

2 years ago·Canada

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