Nobody successfully claimed the reward, and on May 8, 1980, WHO formally announced that “the World and all its peoples have won freedom from smallpox. ”
“ सक्रिय रूपात देवी रोगाने ” पीडित असलेल्या रुग्णाची माहिती देणाऱ्‍याला १,००० डॉलरचे बक्षीस जाहीर करण्यात आले.