Sun 3 May 2009
Global Lead Story / H1N1 virus
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Influenza A(H1N1) – update 12
3 May 2009 — As of 1600 GMT, 3 May 2009, 18 countries have officially reported 898 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection.
Mexico has reported 506 confirmed human cases of infection, including 19 deaths. The higher number of cases from Mexico in the past 48 hours reflects ongoing testing of previously collected specimens. The United States Government has reported 226 laboratory confirmed human cases, including one death.
The following countries have reported laboratory confirmed cases with no deaths – Austria (1), Canada (85), China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1), Costa Rica (1), Denmark (1), France (2), Germany (8), Ireland (1), Israel (3), Italy (1), Netherlands (1), New Zealand (4), Republic of Korea (1), Spain (40), Switzerland (1) and the United Kingdom (15).
Further information on the situation will be available on the WHO website on a regular basis.
WHO advises no restriction of regular travel or closure of borders.It is considered prudent for people who are ill to delay international travel and for people developing symptoms following international travel to seek medical attention, in line with guidance from national authorities.
Canada on 2 May reported the identification of the A(H1N1) virus in a swine herd in Alberta. It is highly probable that the pigs were exposed to the virus from a Canadian farm worker recently returned from Mexico, who had exhibited flu-like symptoms and had contact with the pigs. There is no indication of virus adaptation through transfer from human to pigs at this time.
There is no risk of infection from this virus from consumption of well-cooked pork and pork products.
Individuals are advised to wash hands thoroughly with soap and water on a regular basis and should seek medical attention if they develop any symptoms of influenza-like illness.
© WHO 2009
I’ve been pleased to see the coordinated global response, and also the very prompt countermeasures that were taken in Mexico City.
Even if it only turns out to be a scare this time, it’s a good dry-run if there is ever a more serious pandemic. Good things happen when nations work together.
I wish the media would stop cherry picking facts to suit the story they want to write. While they are correct that the second wave in 1918 was worse…they leave out a few things.
First, conditions are far far different now than in 1918. We were of course embroiled in a world war. Hundreds of thousands of troops huddled together in trenches passing illness back and forth was likely the cause of the more severe virulence of that particular virus. It did not have to wait long to get passed to another host, thus a more mild form did not win the evolutionary battle.
Of course hygienic standards were diffeent, no anti biotics, no anti virals etc all contributed to the severity of that outbreak.
And of course, they fail to mention that the 1957 and 1968 outbreakes did not result in an appreciably more severe second wave. Also, it is highly likely a vaccine for this strain will be ready by the time flu season hits again.
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Influenza A(H1N1) – update 14
4 May 2009 — As of 18:00 GMT, 4 May 2009, 21 countries have officially reported 1085 cases of influenza A (H1N1) infection.
Mexico has reported 590 laboratory confirmed human cases of infection, including 25 deaths. The United States has reported 286 laboratory confirmed human cases, including one death.
The following countries have reported laboratory confirmed cases with no deaths – Austria (1), Canada (101), China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1), Costa Rica (1), Colombia (1), Denmark (1), El Salvador (2), France (4), Germany (8), Ireland (1), Israel (4), Italy (2), Netherlands (1), New Zealand (6), Portugal (1), Republic of Korea (1), Spain (54), Switzerland (1) and the United Kingdom (18).
It is considered prudent for people who are ill to delay international travel and for people developing symptoms following international travel to seek medical attention, in line with guidance from national authorities. Individuals are advised to wash hands thoroughly with soap and water on a regular basis and should seek medical attention if they develop any symptoms of influenza-like illness.
WHO advises no restriction of regular travel or closure of borders.
There is no risk of infection from this virus from consumption of well-cooked pork and pork products.
Further information on the situation will be available on the WHO website on a regular basis.
© WHO 2009
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Influenza A(H1N1) – update 39
26 May 2009 — As of 06:00 GMT, 26 May 2009, 46 countries have officially reported 12 954 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 92 deaths.
The breakdown of the number of laboratory-confirmed cases by country is given in the following table and map.
Map of the spread of Influenza A(H1N1): number of laboratory confirmed cases and deaths [jpg 1.35Mb]
As of 08:00 GMT, 26 May 2009
Laboratory-confirmed cases of new influenza A(H1N1) as officially reported to WHO by States Parties to the International Health Regulations (2005)
Country Cumulative total Newly confirmed since the last reporting period
Cases Deaths Cases Deaths
Argentina 5 0 3 0
Australia 19 0 3 0
Austria 1 0 0 0
Belgium 7 0 0 0
Brazil 9 0 0 0
Canada 921 1 116 0
Chile 74 0 30 0
China 20 0 5 0
Colombia 16 0 3 0
Costa Rica 33 1 5 0
Cuba 4 0 0 0
Denmark 1 0 0 0
Ecuador 24 0 14 0
El Salvador 6 0 0 0
Finland 2 0 0 0
France 16 0 0 0
Germany 17 0 0 0
Greece 1 0 0 0
Guatemala 4 0 0 0
Honduras 1 0 0 0
Iceland 1 0 0 0
India 1 0 0 0
Ireland 1 0 0 0
Israel 8 0 0 0
Italy 19 0 0 0
Japan 350 0 5 0
Korea, Republic of 21 0 18 0
Kuwait 18 0 0 0
Malaysia 2 0 0 0
Mexico 4174 80 0 0
Netherlands 3 0 0 0
New Zealand 9 0 0 0
Norway 4 0 0 0
Panama 76 0 0 0
Peru 27 0 2 0
Philippines 2 0 1 0
Poland 3 0 0 0
Portugal 1 0 0 0
Russia 2 0 1 0
Spain 136 0 3 0
Sweden 3 0 0 0
Switzerland 3 0 0 0
Thailand 2 0 0 0
Turkey 2 0 0 0
United Kingdom 137 0 15 0
United States of America 6764 10 212 1
Grand Total 12954 92 439 1
Chinese Taipei has reported 4 confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) with 0 deaths. Cases from Chinese Taipei are included in the cumulative totals provided in the table above.
Cumulative and new figures are subject to revision
© WHO 2009
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Influenza A(H1N1) – update 48
12 June 2009 — As of 07:00 GMT, 12 June 2009, 74 countries have officially reported 29,669 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 145 deaths.
The breakdown of the number of laboratory-confirmed cases by country is given in the following table and map.
Map of the spread of Influenza A(H1N1): number of laboratory confirmed cases and deaths [png 203kb]
As of 07:00 GMT, 12 June 2009
Laboratory-confirmed cases of new influenza A(H1N1) as officially reported to WHO by States Parties to the International Health Regulations (2005)
Country Cumulative total Newly confirmed since the last reporting period
Cases Deaths Cases Deaths
Argentina 343 0 87 0
Australia 1307 0 0 0
Austria 7 0 0 0
Bahamas 1 0 0 0
Bahrain 1 0 0 0
Barbados 3 0 0 0
Belgium 14 0 0 0
Bolivia 5 0 0 0
Brazil 52 0 12 0
Bulgaria 2 0 0 0
Canada 2978 4 532 0
Cayman Islands, UKOT 2 0 0 0
Chile 1694 2 0 0
China 188 0 14 0
Colombia 35 1 0 0
Costa Rica 104 1 0 0
Cuba 6 0 1 0
Cyprus 1 0 0 0
Czech Republic 4 0 0 0
Denmark 11 0 1 0
Dominica 1 0 0 0
Dominican Republic 91 1 0 0
Ecuador 67 0 0 0
Egypt 10 0 0 0
El Salvador 69 0 0 0
Estonia 4 0 0 0
Finland 4 0 0 0
France 73 0 0 0
Germany 95 0 0 0
Greece 7 0 0 0
Guatemala 74 1 14 1
Honduras 89 0 0 0
Hungary 4 0 0 0
Iceland 4 0 1 0
India 9 0 0 0
Ireland 12 0 0 0
Israel 68 0 0 0
Italy 56 0 2 0
Jamaica 11 0 1 0
Japan 549 0 31 0
Korea, Republic of 53 0 0 0
Kuwait 18 0 0 0
Lebanon 8 0 0 0
Luxembourg 1 0 0 0
Malaysia 5 0 0 0
Mexico 6241 108 0 0
Netherlands 35 0 5 0
New Zealand 27 0 4 0
Nicaragua 56 0 11 0
Norway 13 0 0 0
Panama 221 0 0 0
Paraguay 25 0 0 0
Peru 79 0 15 0
Philippines 77 0 0 0
Poland 7 0 0 0
Portugal 2 0 0 0
Romania 11 0 0 0
Russia 3 0 0 0
Saudi Arabia 1 0 0 0
Singapore 18 0 0 0
Slovakia 3 0 0 0
Spain 488 0 131 0
Sweden 19 0 0 0
Switzerland 20 0 0 0
Thailand 8 0 0 0
Trinidad and Tobago 4 0 2 0
Turkey 10 0 0 0
Ukraine 1 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 1 0 0 0
United Kingdom 822 0 0 0
United States of America 13217 27 0 0
Uruguay 36 0 12 0
Venezuela 25 0 12 0
Viet Nam 23 0 7 0
Grand Total 29669 145 895 1
Chinese Taipei has reported 36 confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) with 0 deaths. Cases from Chinese Taipei are included in the cumulative totals provided in the table above.
Cumulative and new figures are subject to revision
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Great its very interesting subject thank you and we wait for more
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 62
Laboratory-confirmed cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 as officially reported to WHO by States Parties to the IHR (2005) as of 13 August 2009
The countries and overseas territories/communities that have newly reported their first pandemic (H1N1) 2009 confirmed case(s) since the last web update (No. 61) as of 13 August 2009 are:
Ghana, Zambia, and Tuvalu
Map of affected countries and deaths as of 13 August 2009
Region
Cumulative total
as of 13 Aug 2009
Cases*
Deaths
WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO)
1469
3
WHO Regional Office for the Americas (AMRO)
105882
1579
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO)
2532
8
WHO Regional Office for Europe (EURO)
Over 32000
53
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO)
13172
106
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO)
27111
50
Total
Over 182166
1799
*Given that countries are no longer required to test and report individual cases, the number of cases reported actually understates the real number of cases.
(nobody has updated this for a while but the H1N1 gets worse in the U.S. Here is the WHO report from yesterday)
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 71
Weekly update
As of 17 October 2009, worldwide there have been more than 414,000 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 and nearly 5000 deaths reported to WHO.
As many countries have stopped counting individual cases, particularly of milder illness, the case count is significantly lower than the actually number of cases that have occurred. WHO is actively monitoring the progress of the pandemic through frequent consultations with the WHO Regional Offices and member states and through monitoring of multiple sources of data.
New Activity:
Mongolia, Rwanda, and Sao Tome and Principe have reported pandemic influenza cases for the first time this week.
Iceland, Sudan, and Trinidad and Tobago reported their first fatal cases.
Situation update:
In general, influenza activity in the northern hemisphere is much the same as in the last week, though respiratory disease activity continues to spread and increase in intensity. In North America, the U.S.A. is still reporting nationwide rates of Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) well above baseline rates with high rates of pandemic H1N1 2009 virus detections in clinical laboratory specimens (29% of all specimens tested are positive for influenza A and all of those subtyped are pandemic H1N1 2009 virus. Canada reports increases in ILI rates for the fourth straight week but the highest level of activity is in the western province of British Columbia. Mexico still reports active transmission in some areas of the country. Although influenza activity is low in most countries in Europe, in Belgium, Israel, the Netherlands, Norway, and parts of the United Kingdom consultation ILI/ARI rates are above baseline levels. Similarly the number of influenza virus detections relatively high, which may indicate the early start of an influenza season. Rates of respiratory illness in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia are increasing but are not yet at levels normally seen in an influenza season (baseline levels are not defined in many countries of the area). Of note, the proportion of cases in Asia that are related to seasonal influenza A(H3N2) continue to decline globally as the proportion related to pandemic H1N1 2009 virus increases. Currently, only East Asia is reporting any significant numbers of influenza A(H3N2) isolates.
In tropical areas of the world, rates of illness are generally declining, with a few exceptions. Cuba, Colombia, and El Salvador are reporting increases in the tropical region of the Americas. In tropical Asia, of the countries that are reporting this week, all report decreases in respiratory disease activity.
The temperate region of the southern hemisphere has no significant pandemic related activity in the past week.
Weekly update (Virological surveillance data)
*Countries in temperate regions are defined as those north of the Tropic of Cancer or south of the Tropic of Capricorn, while countries in tropical regions are defined as those between these two latitudes.
Qualitative indicators (Week 29 to Week 41: 5 October – 11 October 2009)
The qualitative indicators monitor: the global geographic spread of influenza, trends in acute respiratory diseases, the intensity of respiratory disease activity, and the impact of the pandemic on health-care services.
Human infection with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus: updated interim WHO guidance on global surveillance
A description of WHO pandemic monitoring and surveillance objectives and methods can be found in the updated interim WHO guidance for the surveillance of human infection with pandemic (H1N1) virus.
The maps below display information on the qualitative indicators reported. Information is available for approximately 60 countries each week. Implementation of this monitoring system is ongoing and completeness of reporting is expected to increase over time.
List of definitions of qualitative indicators
Geographic spread of influenza activity
Map timeline
Trend of respiratory diseases activity compared to the previous week
Map timeline
Intensity of acute respiratory diseases in the population
Map timeline
Impact on health care services
Map timeline
Laboratory-confirmed cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 as officially reported to WHO by States Parties to the IHR (2005) as of 18 October 2009
Map of affected countries and deaths
The countries and overseas territories/communities that have newly reported their first pandemic (H1N1) 2009 confirmed cases since the last web update (No.70): Mongolia, Rwanda and Sao Tome and Principe.
The countries and overseas territories/communities that have newly reported their first deaths among pandemic (H1N1) 2009 confirmed cases since the last web update (No 70): Iceland, Sudan and Trinidad and Tobago.
Region
Cumulative total
as of 18 October 2009
Cases*
Deaths
WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO)
13297
75
WHO Regional Office for the Americas (AMRO)
160129
3539
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO)
14739
96
WHO Regional Office for Europe (EURO)
Over 63000
At least 261
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO)
41513
573
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO)
122267
455
Total
Over 414945
At least 4999
*Given that countries are no longer required to test and report individual cases, the number of cases reported actually understates the real number of cases.