Experts Call for Australia-Wide Polio Testing
There is a fresh call for Australia to create a national polio surveillance network as Victoria increases its wastewater testing.
UNICEF Australia’s senior vaccine advisor Chris Maher says the building blocks for a national program are already in place.
Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said on Tuesday the state has stepped up wastewater testing for the virus, while NSW will roll out a program as soon as possible.
“It would be great to see this sort of surveillance expanded to every state and territory,” Maher told AAP.
“The network in Australia is not very extensive, but it would be great to see it become more extensive.”…