In a new briefing said WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl, pandemic H1N1 (swine flu) continues in some parts of Eastern and southeastern Europe, parts of Asia and North Africa spread. But he added that reduces the world in General.
The pandemic H1N1 virus continues to the main flu circulating in the world. WHO (World Health Organization), said that the virus is a health risk for people with underlying conditions such as asthma and housing.
Hartl said that the activity is generally declining.
A weekly update, the, that, most of the temperate northern hemisphere experienced a peak of flu the second part of October through November 2009.
North Africa
In North Africa according to limited data of pandemic influenza virus transmission remains active and geographically widely spread, especially in the Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Egypt, though seem that most countries in the region recently introduced a peak of activity in 2009 in December or January 2010.
In South Asia
Pandemic influenza activity remains active, but geographically variable in South Asia. Summit identified in late December and early January 2010 in the North of India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
Influenza activity is reported, will be high but stable in the West of India, and significantly reduce in India in the North, while continued to be low in the entire southern and eastern India. A low-intensity of respiratory diseases activity was in Bangladesh and regional spread of influenza activity reported.
Asia
In Southeast Asia influenza pandemic virus transmission total activity in most countries remains active, however, continue to fall. An increasing trend in respiratory diseases with localized distribution was reported at the Korea.
In the Republic of Korea, the transmission of pandemic influenza virus remains active (> 20% of respiratory specimens tested positive for pandemic H1N1) however total activity continues to decline since their peak in November 2009.
Japan of next influenza activity, high transmission on the island remain South of Okinawa.
Isolation of pandemic virus have fallen substantially, because with a bit in early to mid November, 2009, but detections of type b influenza viruses in the last weeks increased in North and South China.
South-East Asia
In Asia, the continuing pandemic of influenza virus transmission, but the activity levels are currently weak. In Viet Nam the influenza activity decreased since the peak in October and November 2009 significantly.
In Thailand focal outbreaks of influenza in some provinces in the northern parts and the stations of the country reports, however, the overall ILI activity is still low.
Europe
In Europe, pandemic influenza virus transmission remains geographically regional to widespread in Eastern, controlled and South-East of the continent, however overall activity in most places back. Several countries (Austria, Albania, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Russia Federation) reported a slight increase in the levels of the ARI (acute respiratory infections) or ILI (influenza, flu), but in most, still well below the recent peak in activity.
The overall rate of respiratory of sample tests positive influenza (16%) further since MAX (45%) in the first days of November, 2009.
America
In America, both in the tropical, temperate and Northern, influenza pandemic continues to decline or remain low in most places.
Note that detections of VRS in some countries increased America's, which could partially explain the ILI activity in these regions, especially in young children. The United States and Canada, proof of the pandemic influenza virus and the number of severe and fatal cases have reduced significantly as prices fell below seasonal baselines ILI (influenza, flu).
In Central America and Caribbean pandemic influenza virus transmission persists but overall activity remains low or unchanged in most places.
Southern hemisphere moderates
Sporadic cases of pandemic still temperate without evidence of sustained community transmission are reported in the southern hemisphere. Pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009 virus continues to the prevailing in the world zirkulierender viruses. Seasonal H3N2 and type B viruses at low levels in parts of Africa, East and Southeast Asia, circulate and are recognized only sporadically in other continents.
The global influenza surveillance (GISN) continue to monitor the global spread of viruses of influenza, including the pandemic, seasonal and other flu virus to infect or network can infect humans, people, including seasonal flu.
Who estimates that more than 14 711 people of H1N1 infections died since April 2009. We have added a more accurate assessment of total mortality, in about two years.
209 Countries and overseas territories or communities have pandemic influenza (H1N1), January 24, 2010, cases laboratory confirmed. The Agency said it is "actively, often with the regional monitored the progress of the pandemic through consultations, offices and Member States and monitoring of multiple sources of information."
Source: World Organization of the health (the)