{
  "question": "Was today polio eradicated?",
  "url": "https://was.today/polio-eradicated",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — polio is not eradicated; wild poliovirus still paralysed children in Afghanistan and Pakistan this year.",
  "details": [
    "42 WPV1 cases in 2026 to 11 Oct: 36 Afghanistan, 6 Pakistan",
    "Wild polio remains endemic in exactly two countries",
    "Awkwardly, today is World Polio Day"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Wikipedia: October 24",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_24"
    },
    {
      "title": "World Health Organization (WHO)",
      "url": "https://www.who.int/news/item/25-08-2026-statement-of-the-forty-fifth-meeting-of-the-polio-ihr-emergency-committee#2"
    },
    {
      "title": "World Health Organization (WHO)",
      "url": "https://www.emro.who.int/polio-eradication/index.html"
    },
    {
      "title": "World Health Organization (WHO)",
      "url": "https://www.emro.who.int/media/news/statement-for-regional-director-who-eastern-mediterranean-region-poliomyelitis.html"
    },
    {
      "title": "WHO | Regional Office for Africa",
      "url": "https://www.afro.who.int/regional-director/speeches-messages/world-polio-day-2026-message-who-regional-director-africa-dr"
    },
    {
      "title": "Make Polio History",
      "url": "https://makepoliohistory.org/world-polio-day-2026/"
    },
    {
      "title": "RADIO PAKISTAN",
      "url": "https://www.radio.gov.pk/24-10-2026/president-pm-reaffirm-commitment-to-polio-eradication"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-24",
  "place": null,
  "permalink": "https://was.today/polio-eradicated/2026-10-24",
  "scope": "global",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-24T06:09:43.839Z"
}