Polio cases in the United States of America

More on the paralytic polio case in New York State, USA announced in late July, with the strain genetically linked to two Sabin-like type 2 isolates collected from wastewater in Rockland County a month earlier, as well as earlier environmental detections in Israel and more recently, London, UK. An Aug 1 state health department press release said ‘Unvaccinated New Yorkers who live, work, go to school in, or visit Rockland County are at the highest risk of exposure’; polio vaccination rates for children at two years of age in the county are 60.5 percent. Read more

Affected Regions

North America

Affected Countries