The Ministry of Health announced today (Sunday) that a case of polio (polio) was discovered in a 4-year-old boy in Jerusalem who was not vaccinated against polio.
The source of the disease is a polio virus that has undergone a change, and can cause disease in those who are not vaccinated.
The Jerusalem District Health Bureau has opened an epidemiological investigation and will make contact with the child's close contacts for specific guidelines.
Based on the findings of the investigation, further recommendations will be decided.
The ministry also noted that the virus was found in sewage samples in the area, a finding that happens occasionally, but so far in similar incidents in the past there have been no clinical cases.
As mentioned, polio is an infectious disease caused by the polio virus.
The virus is contagious and is transmitted from person to person (especially in children).
The virus enters the body through the mouth and is excreted in the feces.
There are usually no signs of illness and only one in a thousand people (who are not vaccinated) will develop symptoms symptomatically with paralysis.
The ministry adds that the most important means of preventing polio is strict adherence to routine immunizations at the recommended time according to the guidelines of the Ministry of Health.
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