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India has gone 1 year with no new cases of polio reported

Lack of reported wild polio cases in India since Jan 2011—even in Jun-Nov high-transmission season—is unprecedented. The wild polio virus was last detected in sewage in Delhi in Aug 2010 and in Mumbai in Nov 2010.

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India has gone 1 year with no new cases of polio reported
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