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Influenza A(H1N1)

WHO is coordinating the global response to human cases of influenza A(H1N1) and monitoring the corresponding threat of an influenza pandemic.

Current situation

4 May 2009 -- As of 06:00 GMT, 4 May 2009, 20 countries have officially reported 985 cases of influenza A (H1N1) infection.

Numbers of laboratory-confirmed cases and deaths
Maps of laboratory-confirmed cases and deaths

 

 

GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS

 

WHO ad hoc scientific teleconference on the current influenza A(H1N1) situation, 29 April 2009
4 May 2009

Advice on the use of masks in the community setting in Influenza A (H1N1) outbreaks
3 May 2009

Instruction on how to obtain CDC realtime RT-PCR kits for detection of influenza A(H1N1)
2 May 2009

Complete list of guidance documents
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Vaccines for the influenza A(H1N1)

What is influenza A(H1N1)?

What is a pandemic?

Is it safe to travel?

Complete list of FAQs

 

RELATED LINKS

Ministry of Health of Mexico

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


MEDIA CENTRE

 

For more information, call the special media telephone line: +41 22 791 2222
 

Virtual press briefings

Centre for Strategic Health Operation (SHOC)
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REGIONAL INFORMATION ON INFLUENZA A(H1N1)

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At home for five days in Mexico

'We ARE spooked'

So many deaths, after apparently a very short time, worried the Mexican authorities.

"We were spooked," one government official admitted to me. "People seemed to be dying, and we didn't know why."

People pass a sign warning of flu symptoms in Mexico City, 1 May
It takes several days for tests for swine flu infection to be verified

But when those first figures were released, the word "suspected" was crucial.

Mexico was not certain at that stage that 60 people had been killed by swine flu. And it still does not know. It takes several days for tests to be properly verified.

experts ARE dealing with so many unknowns at that stage.

What they did know was that the virus was potentially virulent and potentially deadly. Humans had no natural resistance to it.

"About 90% of the patients who have come to the hospital in the last few days have mild respiratory problems, from other causes."

The deluge of suspected cases has made it extremely difficult to tell who has swine flu, and who does not.

H1N1 has had consequences which few would have ever predicted. Something which possibly began in rural communities in Mexico has led to the quarantine of a luxury hotel in Hong Kong, and the slaughter of all the pigs in Egypt.

The Mexican health minister says it is still too early to say. He says that the threat of new viruses should not be under-estimated.

"You can't be too careful," he says.

Excerpts from Aztec Girl and BBC News




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