Education and public cooperation is the key to prevent the deadly AH1N1 influenza or swine flu virus to go pandemic. As of 06:00 GMT, 10 June 2009, 74 countries have officially reported 27,737 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 141 deaths.
We need all to be aware of this. We need to strengthen our immune system and avoid crowded places where migration of people is very likely such as airports, malls and hotels near airports, train stations and bus stations. If you can't avoid them always wash your hands or bring alcogels to disinfect your hands. Drink a lot of water and take double dosage of your daily vitamin C.
The breakdown of the number of laboratory-confirmed cases by country is given in the following table and map.
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 | 235 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Australia | 1224 | 0 | 173 | 0 |
| Austria | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barbados | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brazil | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Canada | 2446 | 4 | 331 | 1 |
| Cayman Islands, UKOT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chile | 1694 | 2 | 1283 | 1 |
| China | 142 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Colombia | 35 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Costa Rica | 93 | 1 | 25 | 0 |
| Cuba | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denmark | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dominica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominican Republic | 91 | 1 | 47 | 0 |
| Ecuador | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Egypt | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| El Salvador | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Estonia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Finland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| France | 71 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Germany | 78 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Greece | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 60 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Honduras | 89 | 0 | 55 | 0 |
| Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iceland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ireland | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Israel | 63 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Italy | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamaica | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Japan | 485 | 0 | 75 | 0 |
| Korea, Republic of | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kuwait | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lebanon | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mexico | 5717 | 106 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Nicaragua | 29 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Norway | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Panama | 221 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| Paraguay | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Peru | 64 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Philippines | 54 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Poland | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Portugal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Romania | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Singapore | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spain | 331 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| Sweden | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thailand | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United Kingdom | 666 | 0 | 109 | 0 |
| United States of America | 13217 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Uruguay | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Venezuela | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Viet Nam | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Grand Total | 27737 | 141 | 2449 | 2 |
Cumulative and new figures are subject to revision.
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Source: World Health Organization
1 comments:
Despite the severity of influenza symptoms, most strains of influenza do not pose any great danger to healthy people in populations in which influenza is endemic. Healthy individuals usually recover from influenza in a couple of weeks. However, education regarding the influenza virus can help us to understand what poses a threat to our health.
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