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.
Britain revamps swine flu strategy to handle surge of 100,000 new cases a day by AugustJuly 2nd, 2009 Britain revamps swine flu strategy to handle surgeLONDON — Britain faces a projected 100,000 new swine flu cases a day by August and must revamp its flu strategy, the nation's health minister said Thursday. Britain has officially reported 7,747 swine flu cases and three deaths, but officials acknowledge the real number of cases is far higher, since many with the virus have not been tested.
WHO working on formulas to model spread of swine flu as actual cases outpace reported numbersJuly 1st, 2009 WHO working on formulas to model swine flu spreadGENEVA — The World Health Organization said Wednesday it is working to mathematically model the spread of swine flu in an attempt to better understand how the outbreak developed from a handful of cases to a global epidemic in less than two months. WHO brought together over 20 independent experts beginning Wednesday for the three-day meeting in Geneva.
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.
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.
11,168 cases of swine flu worldwide: WHOMay 22nd, 2009 GENEVA - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that 41 countries have officially reported 11,168 cases of influenza A (H1N1), known also as swine flu, including 86 deaths. The US had 5,764 cases, with nine deaths, while Mexico had 3,892 infections, including 75 deaths.
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 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.
Global swine flu tally nears 5,300: European health agencyMay 12th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - The number of confirmed cases of the influenza A(H1N1) virus approached 5,300 worldwide, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said Tuesday. The US, Mexico and Canada accounted for the majority of cases with 2,618 confirmed cases in the US, 2,059 in Mexico and 330 in Canada.
Swine flu cases in US reaches 400May 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday there were more than 400 confirmed cases of swine flu in the US and 'another 700 probable cases in 44 states'. 'We know there will be more cases.
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.
49 confirmed swine flu cases in the EU: OfficialsMay 3rd, 2009 STOCKHOLM/GENEVA - The number of confirmed cases of swine flu in the European Union has now risen to 49, spread over about half a dozen countries, EU health officials reported Sunday. The EU's centre for disease control (ECDC) in Stockholm said ten new confirmed cases had been reported in Germany, Spain, Ireland and Italy, in addition to nine new suspected cases in Britain and Portugal.
WHO raises its tally of confirmed swine flu cases to 236 worldwideApril 30th, 2009 WHO raises its tally of swine flu cases to 236GENEVA — The World Health Organization has increased its tally of confirmed swine flu cases around the world to 236 from 148. The global body says most of the new confirmed cases came from Mexico.
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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