The Final Three Polio Endemic Countries:
- Pakistan - Five new 2019 & three 2020 Polio cases reported this week. Seven Polio cases reported in 2020. The most recent cases were from the Punjab, Khyber Pkhtunkhwa, Sindh, & Balochistan Provinces with an onset of paralysis on 1/11/20. Pakistan reported 144 Wild Polio cases in 2019. No new Polio-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Pakistan.
- Afghanistan - No new Polio 2019 cases reported this past week. No Polio cases reported in 2020. The most recent case was from the Herat Province with an onset of paralysis on 12/07/19. Afghanistan reported twenty-nine Wild Polio cases in 2019. No Polio-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
- Nigeria - No Wild Polio cases have been reported in 2017, 2018, or 2019. The most recent Polio case was reported on 8/20/16. Nigeria is to be congratulated on over Three Years without a Wild Polio case!