During July, the State reported the first case of the disease in the United States in almost a decade
During July, the State reported the first case of the disease in the United States in almost a decade
During July, the State reported the first case of the disease in the United States in almost a decade
Health authorities in the state of New York announced this week that they had diagnosed a person with polio, a disease that has been eradicated thanks to mass vaccination campaigns.
In the US, however, the polio vaccine has been discontinued since 2000, a step that other nations have followed for thinking there is immunity to the virus.
The doctors in charge of the case believe that the man, who was not identified, was not vaccinated against the disease and that, apparently, he was infected outside the United States.
Although the detection of a case does not imply a necessary risk to public health, they indicated that they will now continue to investigate possible contacts of the patient and implement strategies for vaccination.
“I want to emphasize that this individual is no longer contagious. Our efforts are now focused on two issues: immunizations and finding out if anyone else has been affected by this disease,” said a Rockland County Health Department official.
Over the past month, UK health officials have reported detecting the virus that causes polio in a worrying number of sewage samples in London.
New York declared a state of emergency on Friday in an attempt to boost polio vaccination rates, having discovered remnants of the virus in sewage in recent weeks.
Experts are concerned about the erosion caused by the anti-vaccine movement, added to the pressure from the covid pandemic. The immunization average in New York is around 79%, although in some counties it is only 58%. After intense awareness campaigns in the 1950s and 1960s, polio seems to have made a comeback.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency over the spread of the polio virus in the state.
Health officials have said samples collected in New York City and four surrounding counties have tested positive for the presence of a poliovirus with the potential to cause paralysis.
Although only one case of the virus has been confirmed so far, it is the first in the country in more than a decade.
Polio was mostly eradicated from the US through vaccinations that began in 1955.
During the year 1979, the US had been declared free of polio.
But according to New York officials, vaccination rates are very low in some parts of the state.
The emergency declaration that was issued this Friday is aimed at increasing immunization rates.
There is no cure for polio, but its spread can be prevented with a vaccine. It mostly affects children, and usually causes weakness and paralysis, and in the most serious cases, disability and death.
The New York Department of Health said it is seeking to increase vaccination rates from the current 79% average to more than 90%.
“With polio, we just can’t leave things to chance,” Health Commissioner Mary Bassett said in a statement. “If you or your child are not vaccinated or up to date on vaccinations, the risk of disabling disease is real.”
He added that “for every case of paralytic polio observed, there may be hundreds of infected people.”
An inactivated polio vaccine is used in both the US and the UK as part of the routine childhood schedule.
In the US, 93% of babies have been inoculated with at least three doses of the polio vaccine, according to vaccination data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). .
Authorities have begun monitoring sewage in the state for traces of poliovirus after an unvaccinated man in Rockland County, north of New York City, contracted the virus in July – the first case has been registered since 2013 – and was paralyzed.
The case was later genetically linked to paralytic polio that was found in a sewage sample collected in August in Nassau County.
Sewage samples collected from Orange and Sullivan counties and all five boroughs of New York City also tested positive for paralytic polio.
The emergency order issued by Governor Hochul on Friday is the third declared this year, following similar orders issued in response to the coronavirus pandemic and monkeypox.
The order gives emergency powers to medical workers, midwives and pharmacists to join the network of providers who can inoculate the vaccine.
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