Low polio vaccination rates among teenagers risks ‘virulent infection’ in UK
by Hannah Devlin and Heather Stewart from World news | The Guardian on (#60PG9)
Experts' warning comes after data shows less than half 13 to 14-year-olds received booster in parts of England last year
Low polio vaccination coverage among teenagers risks the re-emergence of virulent polio infection in the UK, experts have warned.
Fewer than half of 13 to 14-year-olds received their teenage booster against polio in some parts of England last year, data shows, after public health officials declared a national incident over evidence the virus is spreading in the community.
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