New wild poliovirus isolates reported this week:
AFP cases: 0
Environment: 23
Others: 0
New cVDPV isolates reported this week:
AFP cases: 0
Environment: 0
Others: 0

Summary of new poliovirus cases and positive environmental samples:
Ethiopia: ten cVDPV2 cases
Nigeria: one cVDPV2 case
Pakistan: One WPV1 cases and 3 WPV1 positive environmental samples

Afghanistan: No WPV1 cases and no WPV1 positive environmental samples were reported this past week. There were 25 WPV1 cases reported last year.
Pakistan: No WPV 1 cases and 23 WPV1 positive environmental samples were reported this past week. There were six WPV1 cases reported last year.

Officially reported WPV1 and cVDPV cases as of (October 29, 2024):
Wild poliovirus (WPV)
Total global WPV1 cases in 2025: 1
Total global WPV1 cases in 2024: 98
Total global WPV1 cases in 2023: 12
Total global WPV1 cases in 2022: 30
Total global WPV1 cases in 2021: 6
Total global WPV1 cases in 2020: 140
Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) cases
Total global cVDPV cases in 2025: 0
Total global cVDPV cases in 2024: 278
Total global cVDPV cases in 2023: 528
Total global cVDPV cases in 2022: 878

Most recently reported WPV1 case: January 7, 2025, in Pakistan.

On February 7th, ministers of health and delegates from around the world attended the WHO Executive Board meeting in Geneva to discuss global public health issues, including on the need to urgently eradicate polio to prevent a “perfect storm’ for poliovirus transmission and protect eradication”. Representatives from the United States did not attend.