Bihar has got rid of Polio cases as per the reports from the State Health Society.This is abig sign of development considering that Bihar had second highest number of Polio cases reported each year, next only to Uttar Pradesh.
Talking to reporters Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Executive Director of State Health Society Bihar claimed that P1 and P3 types of Polio virus have been reported in pat 12 months.
If Bihar continues to maintain this trend for another 24 months, then Polio would be deemed to be eradicated from the state.
The number of Polio cases reported in past years are
2008-300
2009-117
2010-9