An appeal has been made for Nottingham parents to make sure their children are fully vaccinated against polio as the city's sewage network is checked for the disease. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced that Nottingham was one of the areas where its polio sewage surveillance programme would be extended, and the city's public health team believe that its low vaccination rate is one of the primary reasons why it has been chosen.
It comes after poliovirus was first found in samples in London. Despite no cases of polio being reported in the country, people are still being urged to take precautions.
Lucy Hubber, the director of public health at Nottingham City Council, said: "It's quite hard to understand that what we've found in London is samples of polio within the waste water, but we haven't yet had any cases. We know that in some countries abroad they still use the live poliovirus in their vaccines.
