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Evening Standard
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Rachael Burford

Polio transmitting between people in London says immunisation expect as parents urged to vaccinate children

Polio vaccine

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Polio is transmitting between people in parts of London and mutated strains of the virus that can cause paralysis have been detected in sewage, a leading immunisation expert warned on Thursday.

Professor Sir Andrew Pollard urged parents in the capital to bring their children forward to get a polio booster jab.

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