Outbreak Updates
28 March 2025
Israel +
Central province
cVDPV2 in Israel
As of 28 March 2025, circulating vaccine-derived polio virus type 2 (cVDPV2) was detected in one environmental sample collected on 29 January 2025. This virus is genetically linked to virus originating in Nigeria. It is not closely related to multiple detections in wastewater in Europe since September 2024 and is unrelated to the strain currently in Gaza. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on polio.
Take usual precautions
30 December 2024
Israel +
Jerusalem
Polio in Israel
As of 25 December 2024, a case of polio has been reported in an unvaccinated 17 year old in Jerusalem. No further details are available of the strain involved. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on polio.
Take usual precautions
