WHO Executive Director Micheal Ryan lauded India for eradicating smallpox & polio. He also expressed confidence that India can lead the world and set an example to eliminate Coronavirus. India eradicated polio in 2014 and smallpox in 1975.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newsnfeeds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wvb3hj4c_kssd.jpg","yoast_head":"\n