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The growing prevalence of the virus is likely to cause fresh disruption to public services

The growing prevalence of the virus could cause fresh disruption to public services.

We recently learned that poliovirus had been detected in sewage in north and east London between February and May 2022. Poliomyelitis (polio) is an infectious disease that can cause paralysis and death, mainly in children.

Professor Kevin Fenton, London’s top public-health doctor, said anyone with swollen glands and blisters should stay at home

Cases jumped by 27 per cent from the previous week when there were 225,464

BA.4 and BA.5 have already triggered a rise in infections in the UK, with experts warning that the country is already in the midst of its fifth coronavirus wave with nearly 300,000 people infected each day

In February, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the public would have to get used to “living with COVID”, and announced the phasing out of all COVID-related restrictions over the following months. For many people, life since then has begun to return to something resembling normal.

‘We expect cases to rise further in the coming days and weeks,’ the UKHSA says

Figures are expected to continue to rise further in the coming days and weeks

The test will help health authorities monitor community transmission of the virus

Tropical disease has now infected over 1,000 people in Britain and been detected in many more countries around the world