How do you catch polio? 'urgent' investigation underway
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"If you're not vaccinated, there is also a very small risk of getting it through contact with a person bringing the polio virus from these countries when they return to the
UK." WHERE HAS POLIO BEEN FOUND IN LONDON SO FAR? The first alarm was raised in June after a series of tests at Beckton Sewage Works, which serves north and east London, detected the
virus in its water waste. According to the Government website, a more detailed analysis of the sewage system has since found the virus in: * Barnet * Brent * Camden * Enfield * Hackney *
Haringey * Islington * Waltham Forest So far, the virus has only been detected in sewage samples and no associated cases of paralysis have been reported in the UK, but investigations are
currently underway to establish if any community transmission is occurring.