In June, a 20-year-old man in upstate New York contracted polio. Ukraine and Israel also reported cases. In London, the virus was found in sewage. Polio is back – although the virus could be eradicated completely. But too few people are vaccinated for this.
Fever, abdominal pain and stiff neck – a 20-year-old man in the US state of New York fell ill with these symptoms in June. A few days later he had trouble moving his legs. The diagnosis: polio. He wasn’t vaccinated.
In Ukraine, poliomyelitis paralyzed at least two people last year. Israel reported eight cases in children in the spring. In London, the virus circulates in sewage. Wasn’t polio history, long gone?