NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul is declaring a state catastrophe emergency to develop New York’s polio vaccination efforts.
The governor’s order permits pharmacists, paramedics and midwives to provide the vaccine.
It comes after the possibly lethal virus was detected in wastewater in Nassau County on Lengthy Island.
Polio has additionally been detected in wastewater in New York City, together with Rockland, Orange and Sullivan counties.
