World Health Organization stops counting swine flu cases; Virus monitoring continuesJuly 17th, 2009 LONDON — The World Health Organization says it will stop counting individual cases of swine flu. Tracking individual swine flu cases is too overwhelming for countries where the virus is spreading widely, the agency says in a statement.
WHO: 51 more swine flu deaths reported as pandemic spreads and cases top 50,000June 22nd, 2009 WHO: 51 more swine flu deaths as pandemic spreadsGENEVA — The World Health Organization says the global tally of deaths from swine flu has increased by 51 to 231. WHO says most of the latest deaths occurred in the United States.
Large jump in US swine flu cases pushes WHO's global tally close to 20,000 peopleJune 3rd, 2009 WHO: Swine flu cases worldwide near 20,000GENEVA — The World Health Organization says the number of swine flu cases worldwide has reached 19,273 after the United States reported over 1,000 new infections. WHO says the virus has been confirmed in 66 countries, with Egypt and Nicaragua the latest to report one case each.
2 Greek students catch swine flu in Scotland, scientists say the virus spreading widelyMay 29th, 2009 2 Greek students catch swine flu in UKLONDON — Two Greek students caught swine flu in Scotland last week, proof that the virus is circulating more widely than European authorities admit. The two men, students in Edinburgh, were diagnosed with swine flu when they returned to Greece last week.
Global H1N1 flu tally over 10,200: European health agencyMay 20th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - The number of global cases of the new H1N1 influenza virus strain topped 10,200 Wednesday, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said. The agency tallied 10,215 global cases of the virus known as swine flu, including 276 in Europe.
Global flu tally over 9,700: European health agencyMay 19th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Over 9,700 cases of the new influenza A (H1N1) virus have been reported worldwide as of Tuesday, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said. The agency tallied 9,798 global cases, including 265 in Europe, with Greece Monday becoming the 17th European country to report its first case.
Global flu tally over 7,700: European health agencyMay 15th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - The number of global cases of the new influenza A (H1N1) virus has topped 7,700, according to figures released Friday by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The pan-European agency tallied 7,709 global cases, including 234 in Europe.
Global flu tally at 6,500: European health agencyMay 14th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - The US accounted for over half of the almost 6,500 confirmed cases of the influenza A(H1N1) virus, according to figures released Thursday by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The pan-European agency tallied some 6,497 global cases including 3,352 in the US, 2,446 in Mexico and 389 in Canada.
Global flu tally nearly 6,000: European health agencyMay 13th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - There are nearly 6,000 confirmed cases of the new influenza A (H1N1) virus worldwide, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said Wednesday, with the US accounting for roughly half those cases. The pan-European agency tallied some 5,935 global cases including 3,009 in the US, 2,282 in Mexico and 358 in Canada.
Swine flu cases top 1,160, Canada reports first severe caseMay 5th, 2009 MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON/TORONTO - Confirmed cases of influenza A(H1N1), which is better known as swine flu, topped 1,160 worldwide Tuesday as Canada reported its first severe case and the flu spread to over 36 states in the US. In Mexico, where swine flu originated, President Felipe Calderon has said his country is 'in a situation to restart the road toward normality', as the outbreak of swine flu was stabilising.
European agency counts 1,000 global swine flu casesMay 4th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - The number of confirmed cases of novel influenza A (H1N1), better known as swine flu, worldwide topped 1,000 Monday, according to tallies released by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). In Europe the number stood at 79 while there were 20 further probable cases including 10 in France, eight in Britain and one case in Portugal and Sweden each.
27 people in six European nations confirmed with swine fluMay 1st, 2009 STOCKHOLM - At least 27 people in six European countries were Friday morning confirmed to have been infected with swine flu, a European health agency reported. The confirmed European cases were in Britain, Germany, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said.
WHO confirms 148 swine flu cases in nine countriesApril 30th, 2009 GENEVA - A total of 148 confirmed swine flu cases have been reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the UN agency said. As of Wednesday, the cases were reported from nine countries, including 91 from the US with one death, and 26 from Mexico, with seven deaths, the agency said in its latest update.
155 confirmed swine flu cases reported worldwideApril 30th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - At least 19 people in four European countries were Thursday morning confirmed to have been infected with swine flu while 155 cases were confirmed worldwide, a European health agency reported. The confirmed European cases were in Britain, Germany, Spain and Austria, the Swedish-based European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said.
WHO 'very concerned' about swine flu, says 40 confirmed cases in US but no deathsApril 27th, 2009 WHO: 40 confirmed swine flu cases in US, no deathsGENEVA — The World Health Organization says there are now 40 confirmed cases of swine flu in the United States and that it "very concerned" about the disease's spread. WHO says none of the cases in the U.S.
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