ALERT CENTER: Health officials in RocklandCounty confirm case of polio in resident. County opening vaccination clinics in response.
The Associated Press reported the polio case is in an unvaccinated adult and that it appears the person had a vaccine-derived strain of the virus possibly from someone who got the live vaccine available in other countries.
County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert are encouraging residents who are unvaccinated or have not completed the polio vaccination series, or who are at high risk for contracting polio even if they have completed the primary series to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
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