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New York.  New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster emergency Friday over the rising number of polio cases being detected in wastewater in multiple jurisdictions. Hochul made the declaration in an executive order because of “evidence of circulating poliovirus,” with Nassau County, N.Y., the latest to detect it.

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The declaration runs through Oct. 9 and increases the availability of state resources in affected areas. Polio was declared eliminated in the United States in 1979, primarily due to high vaccination rates. But there has been a recent outbreak of cases.

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A case of paralytic polio was identified July 21 in an unvaccinated resident of Rockland County, N.Y. The person had no international travel during the incubation period for the paralytic virus. Friday’s confirmed case in Nassau County has been genetically linked to the case in Rockland County, state health officials confirmed. (Courtesy-UI News Service)

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