London: Health officials in the UK have found poliovirus in sewage samples in London, 19 years after it was eliminated by 2003. According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the poliovirus in sewage samples collected from the London Beckton Sewage Treatment Works, was probably imported to London by someone who was recently vaccinated overseas […]
Kolkata: Six pockets in Kolkata are under constant monitoring following the recent detection of the polio virus in sewage water. Officials of the Word Health Organization’s (WHO) eastern regional office and Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) are monitoring the six pockets on the basis of certain parameters like improper gutter sewerage facilities and high rate of […]