After poliovirus was found in sewage samples from four counties in the New York City area, New York has in an effort to boost low vaccination rates declared a state of emergency.
In response to new evidence that the virus is spreading in communities, New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday proclaimed a state of emergency over polio in an effort to increase vaccination rates in the state.
Now, sewage samples from four counties in the New York city area as well as the city itself have been found to contain poliovirus. The counties are Nassau, Rockland, Orange, and Sullivan.
According to state health officials, the samples tested positive for the poliovirus, which may cause paralysis in people. Unvaccinated people are most at risk of paralysis in Orange, Rockland, Nassau, New York City, and Sullivan, where they live, work, attend school, or travel.
After a non-immunized adult contracted polio in Rockland County in July and experienced paralysis—the country's first confir...
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