The polio virus was present in wastewater in a new york city suburb a month before health officials announced a confirmed case of the disease last month
that's according to state health officials monday who are now urging residents to be sure they have been vaccinated the discovery of the disease from wastewater
samples collected in june means the virus was present in the community before the rockland county Adults diagnosis was made public july 21st
the u.s centers for disease control and prevention said in an emailed statement that the presence of the virus and wastewater indicates
there may be more people in the community with the virus however the CDC added there may have been no new cases identified and that it is not yet clear
the virus is actively spreading in new York in the Us there is no cure for polio once one of the Most feared diseases given its ability to cause irreversible paralysis in some cases
new York officials have said they are opening vaccine clinics to help unvaccinated residents get their shots
the united states has not seen a polio case generated in the country since 1979 although cases from a traveler in an oral vaccine were found in 1993 in 2013.