“Based mostly on what we learn about this case, and polio on the whole, the Division of Well being strongly recommends that unvaccinated people get vaccinated or boosted with the FDA-approved [inactivated polio vaccine] as quickly as doable,” Well being Commissioner Mary Bassett mentioned in a press release. “The polio vaccine is protected and efficient, defending in opposition to this doubtlessly debilitating illness, and it has been a part of the spine of required, routine childhood immunizations advisable by well being officers and public well being companies nationwide.”

The small print: The case introduced Thursday entails a revertant polio Sabin kind 2 virus, which well being officers mentioned is “indicative of a transmission chain from a person who obtained the oral polio vaccine.” That vaccine kind is now not used within the U.S., which has administered the inactivated polio vaccine since 2000, suggesting that it could have originated exterior the nation. In accordance to the CDC, the final time that occurred was in 1993.

Rockland County Well being Commissioner Patricia Schnabel Ruppert mentioned the company “is working with our native well being care companions and neighborhood leaders to inform the general public and make polio vaccination accessible.”

“We’re monitoring the state of affairs intently and dealing with the New York State Division of Well being and the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention to answer this emergent public well being concern to guard the well being and well-being of county residents,” she mentioned in a press release.

What’s subsequent: Rockland County will host polio vaccination clinics on the Pomona well being advanced on Friday and Monday.