“What’s worrying is that it has been transmitting in the community,” said an epidemiologist.
Aaron Chown / PA Images via Getty Images fileLONDON — Every child in London ages 1 to 9 should be offered a booster shot of the, U.K. health authorities have said, as doctors warn that polio threatens to make a comeback.
People who take the oral polio vaccine can briefly excrete the virus, and if a community has a low vaccination rate, the virus could spread. She added that vaccination rates in Britain for polio and other viruses had been falling behind those of other developed countries and that if the virus is not suppressed, it could spread nationally. As in the U.S., all children in the U.K. are supposed to get vaccinated against polio. The new boosters will supplement that protection.
“For this reason, cities often have lower vaccination rates than other settings, and more resources are required to deliver vaccination,” she said.
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