Polio in Israel

On 9 March 2022, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) reported one case of polio in an unvaccinated person in Israel. 

Advice for travellers

• Poliomyelitis is spread mainly through person-to-person contact via the faecal-oral route, and travellers should be offered a booster dose of poliomyelitis vaccine if it has been more than ten years since their last dose. 

More information can be found on the TRAVAX Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories and poliomyelitis webpages (for health professionals) and on the fitfortravel Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories and poliomyelitis webpages (for the general public). 

Source: TRAVAX, 11 March 2022