Saturday, August 29, 2009

Without the flu spreads around the world more than 2100: WHO

More than 2,100 customers around the world, influenza A (H1N1) since the virus was found dead in April, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

The six regions of the deaths from the pandemic, with the North and South America, information to the greatest number of deaths in 1876, the UN agency said in a recent update of the situation.
In South Asia, there were 139 deaths, followed by Europe with 85 deaths followed. Deaths in the western Pacific, Eastern Africa and the Mediterranean are 64, 11 and 10
The total number of pigs for laboratory confirmed influenza in the world 209,438 cases reported, but underestimated, since the actual number of cases, countries are no longer necessary to verify and report on individual cases, he said .

The WHO has warned that the H1N1 pandemic virus "was quickly established and is now the predominant strain of influenza in most regions of the world."

"The pandemic will persist in the coming months, as the virus continues to circulate in populations vulnerable," he said in a statement.

He learned to prepare common in northern hemisphere countries, for a second wave of the pandemic.

"In countries with tropical climates, where the pandemic virus came later than elsewhere, must also prepare for a growing number of cases," he says.

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