1.   That amount could rise if new polio cases emerged.

2.   The new policy is aimed at eliminating the handful of polio cases each year that are caused by the live virus vaccine.

3.   There is no clear candidate yet for the nation that will record the last polio case.

4.   A region must have no polio cases found for at least three years to be declared free of the virus.

5.   Albania has had the highest number of polio cases in Europe this year, WHO said.

6.   And once a new polio case turns up in a hospital or clinic, a house-to-house immunization drive is launched in the area.

7.   Arab said this year, only three new polio cases have been reported.

8.   If there are no new polio cases in the world by the end of this year, it is probably extinct.

9.   India has more than half the polio cases on Earth.

10.   No new polio cases have been reported on the island since the outbreak.