All children under-10 in London will be offered a polio vaccine, after a patient suffered paralysis in New York caused by polio linked to a suspected outbreak in Britain.
An unprecedented polio booster campaign will now see all children aged under 10 in London offered an additional polio vaccine in a bid to protect them against paralysis caused by the virus.
The UK Health Security Agency is now also expanding wastewater testing to up to 15 sites nationwide after detecting poliovirus in the London sewage works.
