JERUSALEM, Mar 11 (NNN-PNA) – Two new polio infections were detected in Jerusalem, said the Israeli Ministry of Health yesterday, four days after it reported the first case since 1989.
One of the new cases was a close contact of the first infected 4-year-old child, who had not been vaccinated against the virus, and the other one was found via a blind survey in Jerusalem.
The ministry called on the public to fulfil routine vaccinations at the recommended times, and for those unvaccinated to complete them as soon as possible.
About 5,239 children in Jerusalem have been vaccinated, since the first case was reported, it noted.
The ministry has also expanded the epidemiological investigation in Jerusalem, and sewage sampling across the regime, as the virus has recently been found in sewage.– NNN-PNA
