CDC: Wastewater test shows that polio has been in the Hudson Valley since April
The CDC says 260 wastewater samples from treatment plants in Rockland and Orange counties were tested for polio, and they discovered a specimen of polio from April in Orange County.
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Aug 17, 2022, 11:29 AM
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2h agoPolio may have been
spreading in New York State earlier than first thought,
according to a new report from the CDC.
The
CDC says 260 wastewater samples from treatment plants in Rockland and Orange
counties were tested for polio, and they
discovered a specimen of polio from April in Orange County.
The report also says that according to the New York State Immunization Information
System, three-dose polio vaccination coverage among infants
and children aged 24 months and under living in Rockland County was 67.0% in
July 2020 and declined to 60.3% by August 2022. They say that in some zip
codes, immunization is as low as 37.3% in some zip codes.
The national average immunization for
children by age 24 months and under was 92.7% among infants born during
2017–2018.
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