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.
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Worldwide swine flu death reaches to 11.500 – WHO
Since April when the H1N1 virus was uncovered more than 11,500 peoples has died till now, says the World Health Organization.
WHO said the swine flu virus has now peaked in the northern hemisphere which includes North America and Western Europe. In these places the virus has set his goal strongly for the past months with the emerging cold season.
As per the date December 20 2009 more than 208 countries all over the world have reported laboratory confirmed cases of swine flu infection and a death of about 11,516.
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World wide swine flu deaths reaches 10,000 – WHO on Friday
Within eight months 10,000 people have died of swine flu since the national pandemic uncovered on April. Though the reported cases are decreasing said WHO on Friday.
Early reports said that mortality rate have gone down though the H1N1 virus had its way through the northern hemisphere.
As per the date 13th December 2009 more than 208 countries have reported the laboratory confirmed cases of swine flu and over 10,582 deaths all over the globe, said WHO.
In the report that was published one week ago the number of deaths was about 9,596.
But till now the virus is active and is hitting a peak or is declining in many places.
This indicates that the overall rigorousness of the pandemic has no change.
Except Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Montenegro and Switzerland some 10 western and northern European countries are seeing a decline in their virus activity. And the flu infection is going down in East Asia. - WHO.
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