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Dave Burke & Daniel Morrow

Polio could paralyse an unvaccinated child if allowed to spread in UK, expert warns

Polio could paralyse an unvaccinated child if allowed to spread in the UK, an expert has warned.

Officials in London declared a national incident yesterday after poliovirus was discovered in sewage works in the city.

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) chiefs are now scrambling to find where it could be in circulation following the discovery.

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