Polio Not-So-Trivial Pursuits

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What year were the Americas certified as being free of polio?

What year was Europe certified as being free of polio?

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Answers:

The Americas were certified as being polio-free on September 29, 1994.

Europe was certified as being polio-free on June 21, 2002.

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