Britain Declares “National Incident” On Polio [VIDEO]

The Telegraph reports:

Polio is spreading in Britain for the first time in nearly 40 years, health officials have warned, as they declared a national incident and urged people to make sure they are vaccinated.

Britain was proclaimed polio-free in 2003 and the last wild case was detected in 1984, making the current outbreak the first transmission event since the 1980s.

On Wednesday, the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) announced that a vaccine-derived polio virus had been detected in sewage from North and East London in February and April, suggesting there had been spread between individuals.

Read the full article.

Per the linked piece, in some parts of London around 10% of children aren’t vaccinated against polio.

Polio is spreading in Britain for the first time in nearly 40 years, health officials have warned, as they declared a national incident and urged people to make sure they are vaccinated – via ⁦@sarahknapton⁩ https://t.co/IpFJtuf5aq

— Sarah Newey (@sneweyy) June 22, 2022

Polio has returned to the UK and is spreading for the first time in four decades, health officials have announced https://t.co/BmSEykVxME

— The Times (@thetimes) June 22, 2022

The last time someone caught polio within the UK was in 1984 but there have been dozens of imported cases since then

+ Britain was declared polio-free in 2003 pic.twitter.com/Ib4rwS9hnV

— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) June 22, 2022