NEW YORK — Weeks after the nation\'s first polio case in nearly a decade emerged in the New York suburbs, public health officials warned Friday that it\'s likely in New York City too.That\'s while the city is still reeling from Covid-19 and the emerging monkeypox outbreak. New York proved a petri dish for both contagions, and now polio, which is largely asymptomatic but can cause paralysis, could be silently spreading.“For every one case of paralytic polio identified, hundreds more may be undetected,” State Health Commissioner Mary Bassett said in a statement. “The detection of poliovirus in wastewater samples in New York City is alarming, but not surprising. Already, the State Health Department — working with local and federal partners — is responding urgently, continuing case investigation and aggressively assessing spread.”There are no confirmed cases in New York City. The local detection comes after a confirmed case in Rockland County and positive wastewater samples in R
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