Belgium: Live polio virus solution accidentally released into local water

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Source: http://outbreaknewstoday.com/belgium...l-water-59622/


Belgium: Live polio virus solution accidentally released into local water
Posted by Robert Herriman on September 12, 2014

On Tuesday, September 2, 2014, following a human error, 45 litres of concentrated live polio virus solution were released into the environment by the pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), in Rixensart city, Belgium. The water from the treatment plant in question is not discharged to the supply network for drinking water, according to a press release last Friday (computer translated)...

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Re: Belgium: Live polio virus solution accidentally released into local water

ECDC provides assessment of accidental polio incident in Belgium

The ECDC said in its weekly Communicable Disease Threats Report that the accidental release represents a risk to public health if susceptible populations, including areas with low vaccine coverage, are exposed to contaminated water or mud. The ECDC specified the Lasne and Dyle rivers, which join the Escaut/Scheldt River and flows into the southwestern portion of the Netherlands where orthodox Protestant communities with low polio vaccination coverage live.