China News Agency, New York, August 12 (Reporter Wang Fan) The New York City health department said on the 12th that the polio virus was detected in sewage samples in New York City recently, indicating that the virus may be quietly spreading in the community.

　　That same day, the New York City Department of Health notified residents of the detection of the polio virus in sewage.

"The risk to New Yorkers is real, but the defense is simple: get a polio vaccine," City Surgeon General Ashwin Vasan said in a statement. He emphasized that there is nothing better for us It is more important for children to be vaccinated.

He also said that if there are unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated adults, please also choose to get vaccinated as soon as possible.

　　According to the Associated Press, the New York State Department of Health reported on July 21 that an adult in Rockland County had contracted polio and was hospitalized for symptoms of paralysis.

Shortly thereafter, health officials announced that the polio virus had been found in June sewage samples in the county and nearby Orange County.

　　Polio, commonly known as polio, is an acute infectious disease caused by the polio virus.

The New York Times said that most people infected with polio have no symptoms, but they can still spread the virus to others.

About 4% of people infected with the virus develop viral meningitis.

In severe cases, patients are at risk of paralysis and death.

　　While New York mandates that all school-age children must be vaccinated against polio to enroll in school, official data shows that the overall polio vaccination rate for children 5 and younger in New York City is currently only 86 percent.

　　New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on the 12th that the city is facing the triple threat of the new crown virus, monkeypox virus and polio virus, and he will lead the team to actively respond with the assistance of the federal government.

　　When the polio outbreak peaked in the United States in 1952, New York City reported more than 21,000 cases of paralysis from the polio virus that year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The United States has since introduced the polio vaccine.

By the 1970s, annual confirmed polio cases in the United States had fallen to less than 10.

The last reported case of polio in the U.S. was in 2013, before Rockland County reported related cases this year.

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