‘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
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‘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
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
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