Poland urges polio vaccinations for children after virus detected in sewage in Warsaw

warsaw, poland — 

Poland's wellness authorities connected Monday urged polio vaccinations for children aft the microorganism was detected successful Warsaw's sewage during regular tests this month.

The authorities Main Sanitary Inspectorate successful a connection said the beingness of the microorganism does not needfully mean radical person been sick, but those who person not been vaccinated against polio could beryllium astatine risk. The vaccinations are escaped successful Poland for radical nether 19.

New measures besides see much intensive investigating of Warsaw's sewage, renewing the vaccination stocks and updating the database of children inactive unvaccinated. Polio is astir often dispersed by interaction with discarded from an infected idiosyncratic or, little frequently, done contaminated h2o oregon food.

The polio microorganism mostly affects children nether 5. Most radical infected don't person symptoms, but successful terrible cases, polio tin invade the tense strategy and origin paralysis wrong hours, according to the World Health Organization. It estimates that 1 successful 200 polio cases results successful imperishable paralysis, usually of the legs.

Poland's inspectorate said astir 86% of the country's 3-year-olds person been vaccinated against polio and that vaccinating astatine slightest 95% of children tin forestall the dispersed of the virus. Poland has seen the emergence of anti-vaccination movements among immoderate parents, which has disquieted wellness officials.

The connection said Poland's past lawsuit of polio was successful 1984.