India: Traces of Polio Found in Water Sample

Active strain of the polio virus was found in sewage samples in southern India collected last month, officials announced Wednesday. Around 300,000 children ages three to six in Hyderabad, a city of nearly 7 million, will be vaccinated in the coming week. India's last case of polio was in 2011, and the country was officially declared polio-free in 2014. National health officials are calling on residents of Hyderabad to remain calm, maintaining that India is still polio...

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