Officials are asking people to stay up to date on immunizations.
a case of paralytic polio in a Rockland County, New York
, resident on July 21, and the detection in sewage water samples in May, June and July from Rockland and Orange counties, which neighbor the city. Most people in the U.S. are protected against polio, but there are still some who are unvaccinated and undervaccinated, and therefore vulnerable. For people who are fully immunized, most will be asymptomatic and or have flu-like symptoms such as sore throat, fever, tiredness and nausea., State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett said that the detection of poliovirus in wastewater is “alarming, but not surprising.City Health Commissioner Dr.
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