Recently WHO officially declared India as polio free Which of the following statements regardi...........

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Recently WHO officially declared India as polio-free. Which of the following statements regarding it are correct?

1. Wild poliovirus has not been found in India since 2011

2. India started programme to eradicate polio in 1997

3. Pentavalent vaccine being administered in India also has polio component.

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Only 1

Only 2

1 & 2

1 & 3

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Explanation:

2nd and 3rd statements are incorrect.
In 1995, following the Global Polio Eradication Initiative of the World Health Organization (1988), India launched Pulse Polio immunisation program with Universal Immunization Program which aimed at 100% coverage.
A pentavalent vaccine is a combined vaccine with five individual vaccines conjugated into one, intended to actively protect people from 5 potentially deadly diseases.