Parents are struggling to find out whether their child’s polio vaccinations are up to date, it emerged today amid fears the eradicated disease is spreading in Britain again.
Health bosses issued a national alert after the paralysis-causing virus was detected in sewage samples in London, meaning it may be circulating domestically for the first time in almost 40 years. A call went out to British parents to check their youngsters’ innoculation records were up to date.
But some parents said