No new wild polio case for a year, India beats down deadly virus

January 13, 2012 11:15

For a nation that notoriously had, only two years ago, the largest number of polio cases in the world (741), this is clearly an unprecedented achievement.

Today, the nation will reach a major milestone in the history of polio eradication -- a year without any case of wild polio being recorded.

For a nation that notoriously had, only two years ago, the largest number of polio cases in the world (741), this is clearly an unprecedented achievement.

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