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May 27th Polio Update

New wild poliovirus isolates reported this week:
AFP cases: 2

Environment: 5
Others: 0
New cVDPV isolates reported this week:
AFP cases: 7

Environment: 5
Others: 1

Summary of new poliovirus cases and positive environmental samples:
Afghanistan: No WPV1 cases
and five WPV1 positive environmental samples were reported this past week.
Pakistan: Two WPV1 cases
and no WPV1 positive environmental samples were reported this past week
Algeria: one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample
Germany: one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample
Guinea: one cVDPV3 case
Nigeria: one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample
Papua New Guinea: two cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
Yemen: six cVDPV2 cases

Officially reported WPV1 and cVDPV cases as of (May 27, 2025):
Wild poliovirus (WPV)
Total global WPV1 cases in 2025: 12
(2 in Afghanistan and 10 in Pakistan)
Total global WPV1 cases in 2024: 99
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 2025: 55

Total global cVDPV cases in 2024: 316

Total global cVDPV cases in 2023: 528
Total global cVDPV cases in 2022: 878

Most recently reported WPV1 cases this year: March 9th in Afghanistan and May 1st in Pakistan.