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Variant poliovirus type-2 isolates were detected in environmental samples in Gaza, and a 10-month-old child contracted polio there. Rotary has committed $500,000 to bolster the vaccination campaign began there last month.

New wild poliovirus isolates reported this week:
AFP cases: 4
Environment: 50
Others: 0
New cVDPV isolates reported this week:
AFP cases: 6
Environment: 11
Others: 0

Summary of new poliovirus cases and positive environmental samples:
Angola: one cVDPV2 case
French Guiana (France): three cvDPV3 positive environmental samples
Niger: four cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
Nigeria: four cVDPV2 cases
Pakistan: four WPV1 cases and fifty WPV1 positive environmental samples
South Sudan: one cVDPV2 case and two cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
Spain: one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample
Yemen: one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample

Afghanistan: No WPV1 cases and no WPV1 positive environmental samples were reported this past week. There were six WPV1 cases reported last year.
Pakistan: Four WPV 1 cases and fifty 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 (September 27, 2024):
Wild poliovirus (WPV)
Total global WPV1 cases in 2024: 50
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 2024: 179
Total global cVDPV cases in 2023: 528
Total global cVDPV cases in 2022: 878

Most recently reported WPV1 case: September 17, 2024, in Pakistan.