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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maryam Zakir-Hussain

Polio: Where have there been outbreaks recently?

AP

A national incident has been announced by health officials in England after poliovirus was discovered in sewage water.

Polio is a life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus and is transmitted person to person, but can also be spread through food and faeces.

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