Polio is a highly contagious viral disease that attacks the nervous system and can cause total paralysis within hours.
The ministry warned that the detection of the virus in sewage puts thousands of residents at risk of contracting polio. / Photo: Reuters Archive
The statement added that the presence of the virus in sewage, which flows through areas with displaced persons and residential zones due to infrastructure destruction, “represents a new health crisis.” The ministry said in a statement published by Channel 12 that the sample results matched those of the World Health Organization.
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