New York State health officials have monish that the known polio cases in the state may be the " tip of the iceberg " , and that C more may be infected , urge those that have n’t been vaccinated yet to get immunized as before long as possible .
A squad from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) has been deployed to investigate as the New York State Department of Health cover the designation of seven more samples of the polio virus in wastewater in two county . It follows the discovery of infantile paralysis in effluent in Orange County after anunvaccinated adultcontracted the disease in Rockland County in July 2022 , the first confirm case in the US since 2013 . The Modern samples are all from Orange County and Rockland county and are evidence of local transmitting .
" Based on earlier polio outbreaks , New Yorkers should know that for every one case of paralytic polio observed , there may be hundreds of other people infected , " State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett say in astatement .
" Coupled with the late wastewater findings , the Department is treating the undivided pillowcase of poliomyelitis as just the baksheesh of the iceberg of much greater potential spread . As we learn more , what we do know is clear : the danger of polio is present in New York today . We must run into this minute by insure that adults , including pregnant people , and immature tiddler by 2 months of age are up to date with their immunization – the safe protection against this debilitating computer virus that every New Yorker needs . "
The Department of Health is urging adults and children likewise to get immunized and stop the spreading of the disease , which can lead to irreversible paralysis in one in 200 infection and last in one in 20 of those .
When look at the inoculation rate among child who have received three superman of the vaccine by their second natal day , Rockland County has avaccination rateof 60.34 per centum and Orange County has a rate of 58.68 percent . That is importantly lower than the statewide average of 78.96 per centum .
Polio is a serious disease and verycontagious disease , and it can spread without the infected individual knowing they have it .
