ITV News published this video item, entitled “Children in London to be offered polio vaccine in bid to stop outbreak” – below is their description.
Almost a million children aged one to nine across London are to be offered a polio vaccine to try to prevent the spread of the virus.
Health officials warned there has been “some transmission” of the virus in the capital after detecting poliovirus in sewage samples.
Polio, which was officially eradicated in the UK in 2003, can cause paralysis in rare cases and can be life-threatening.
While there have been no confirmed cases, officials sounded the alarm over the rising number of samples found in sewage in London.
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