New reports of polio cases abroad, and After virus samples in wastewater from several other developed countries, Canada 59} will begin testing wastewater from the city "as soon as possible," CBC News learned.
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is already monitoring polio activity around the world, a spokesperson said in an email response to his CBC News question. .
Currently, PHAC's National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg has diagnostic tools to test poliovirus samples. Canadian samples suspected to be positive for poliovirus will be sent to that laboratory for further laboratory analysis and confirmation and the results will be shared with the respective local health authorities to provide an "appropriate public Sanitation measures can be taken.”
PHAC has been in contact with national and international partners who are experts in the field to finalize the wastewater testing strategy, according to the statement. Wastewater samples collected from "major high-risk municipalities" earlier this year will be tested to determine whether polio was present before the reported international cases. 9}
PHAC will also send samples to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for further confirmation.
"However, it is important to recognize that accurately testing wastewater for poliovirus is an evolving science," the statement continued. “For example, wastewater detection can be affected by extreme precipitation events such as flooding in communities.”
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Polio reports in US, UK and Israel
On Wednesday,UK health officials offered polio boosters to children aged 1 to 9 in London after finding evidence that the virus has spread to multiple parts of the capital.
Authorities said they are working closely with health officials in the United States and Israel, and the World Health Organization, to investigate possible links between polioviruses detected in the two countries. rice field.
In July Israel announced that the recent polio outbreak appeared to be under control. According to the Jerusalem Post,.
} Recently, one unimmunized young adult in New York state suffered paralysis after contracting polio in Rockland County} . Known for its low vaccination coverage, this was the first reported case in the United States in nearly a decade.
Outbreaks have spread to Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of Africa — the world's largest population of countries without immunization efforts. It's still common in the region, but it's still eradicated the virus.
Polio is often asymptomatic, but in some cases the viral infection can lead to paralysis and death.
