The New York State Department of Health is monitoring wastewater to check for signs of polio after a case was detected in Rockland County.
A confirmed case of polio in Rockland County, New York is the nation's first case in nearly a decade. FOX 5 NY's Antwan Lewis takes a look at how local officials are working to make sure the virus does not continue to spread.The New York State Department of Health is monitoring wastewater to check for signs of the polio virus after aThe wastewater samples are shared with the Global Polio Laboratory Network , which includes CDC and the World Health Organization .
GPLN confirmed that the case in New York is genetically linked to two Sabin-like type 2 isolates, collected from the early June samples from Rockland County and samples from greater Jerusalem, Israel. Health officials warn that this does not imply that the New York victim has a travel history to Israel.
State health officials say they continue to aggressively assess the spread of the virus and make sure vaccination clinics are in place.
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