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‘Very real risk’: Health chiefs urge parents to get their children vaccinated against polio to prevent it spreading across London

The virus was found in 30 sewage samples in north-east London last year

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Very real risk’: Health chiefs urge parents to get their children vaccinated against polio to prevent it spreading across London

‘It’s completely preventable’: Polio vaccine campaign to be rolled out this summer following low uptake across north London

Samples of the virus were discovered in sewage last year

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

‘It’s completely preventable’: Polio vaccine campaign to be rolled out this summer following low uptake across north London

Polio boosters to be offered to under-10s after virus is picked up in eight London boroughs – including Hackney

Health experts confirm polio has spread within the community, but stressed that risk to wider population is still low

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Polio boosters to be offered to under-10s after virus is picked up in eight London boroughs – including Hackney

Poliovirus detected in sewage from north-east London – with UK health bosses urging people to get vaccinated

Health Security Agency triggers national incident after finding two samples of the same virus at Beckton treatment works

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Poliovirus detected in sewage from north-east London – with UK health bosses urging people to get vaccinated