With reference to Polio consider the following statements World Health Organization WHO has recently...........

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With reference to Polio, consider the following statements

World Health Organization (WHO) has recently declared Africa free of Polio.
Polio-virus now joins smallpox in the list of viruses that have been wiped out in Africa.

Select the correct statement.

1 only

2 only

Both

None

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Explanation:

Recently, World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Africa free of polio, a landmark in a decades-long campaign to eradicate the notorious disease around the world.

A WHO commission has certified that no cases had occurred on the continent for the past four years, the threshold for eradication of poliovirus.
Poliovirus now joins smallpox in the list of viruses that have been wiped out in Africa.

Hence both statements are correct.