The national pandemic in now moderate. The flu now attacks the youths with high casualty. – World Health Organization.
World Health Organization on his report said that the national pandemic swine flu in now with moderate intensity but it now focuses on the younger adults.
The swine flu virus has so far killed 10,582 innocents since the pandemic uncovered in April. This ratio covers only the laboratory confirmed cases. Due to several reasons this number does not a give a true picture about the mortality in the world due to swine flu.
With the derived statistical data about 250,000 to 500,000 people would be killed due to seasonal flu world wide in a year.
So compared to the seasonal flu influenza the swine flu virus is now attacking the younger generation of all the categories.
Now WHO has planned to send the swine flu vaccines to Azerbaijan and Mongolia by the end of this year. And Afghanistan is also in the line to receive the flu vaccines soon.
Date:November 28 2009 at 01:45 p.m IST


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