Explainer-Why has wild polio been found in Germany and what does it mean?

Germany has found the wild polio virus in a sewage sample in Hamburg, the first such detection in Europe since 2010. Polio, ...

Wild form of polio found in Hamburg sewage sample, city authority says

FRANKFURT -German authorities on Thursday identified the northern city of Hamburg as the location where a sewage sample containing the wild form of ​the polio virus had been found, saying a task force ...

Why has wild polio been found in Germany and what does it mean?

Germany has found the wild polio virus in a sewage sample in Hamburg, the first such detection in Europe since 2010.

Polio detected in sewage sample more than 30 years after last local case

The findings came more than 30 years after the last cases of wild polio virus infections in people were registered in Germany ...