Poliovirus found in Gaza sewage, poses risk to overcrowded displacement camps

Poliovirus has been detected in sewage samples from Gaza, according to health ministries in both the Hamas-controlled territory and Israel. The Gaza ministry warned that thousands of people residing in overcrowded displacement camps are now at risk of contracting this highly infectious disease, which can lead to deformities and paralysis.
Despite a four-decade-long campaign by UN agencies to eradicate polio, which is commonly spread through sewage and contaminated water, there has been a…