Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: week 21, 2022 (22 May-28 May)

Country Afghanistan Egypt Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Lebanon Libya Oman Pakistan Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Syrian Arab Republic United Arab Emirates Total Number of tested specimens (%)Number of enrolled cases 50 63 145 45 6 3 72 980 416 102 3 11 31 1927 50 (100) 63 (100) 145 (100) 45 (100) 6 (100) 3 (100) 72 (100) 980 (100) 416 (100) 72 (71) 3 (100) 11 (100) 31 (100) 1897 (98) Published by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean in Cairo, Egypt. The information in this document is gathered from the Region’s ministries of health. For more information, please contact: emrgohspoutbreak@who.int World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Monazamet El Seha El Alamia Str,Extension of Abdel Razak El Sanhouri Street P.O. Box 7608, Nasr City Cairo 11371, Egypt www.emro.who.int © World Health Organization 2022 Document number: WHO-EM/CSR/529/E INFLUENZA SITUATION IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION Week 21, 2022 (22 May–28 May) Source of data: EMFLU Network and FLUMART A (H1N1) pdm09 A (H3) A (H5) A (not subtyped) B (Yamagata lineage) B (Victoria lineage) B (lineage not determined) % of positive specimens 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 % o f po si ti ve s pe ci m en s N um be r of p os it iv e sp ec im en s Seasons 2019 - 2020 2020 - 2021 2021- 2022 0 5 10 15 20 2021-2022 % o f po si ti ve s pe ci m en s N um be r of p os it iv e sp ec im en s 6% 49% 19% 24% 2% 0 5 10 15 20 2021 2022 N um be r of r ep or ti ng c ou nt ri es Weeks Fig. 1. Number of reporting countries to EMFLU/FluNet by week in the Region, week 27, 2021 -- week 21, 2022 Fig. 2. Number of positive specimens by subtype/lineage and percentage of specimens testing positive for influenza viruses starting from week 27, 2019 till week 21, 2022 Fig. 3. Proportion of influenza subtypes/lineages in the Region, week 21, 2022 Table. Number of enrolled cases and number of tested specimens by reporting countries in the Region, week 21, 2022 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 A (H3) A (H1N1) pdm09 B (Victoria lineage) B (lineage not determined) A (not subtyped) 12 12 12 13 11 13 12 14 12 12 14 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 15 14 15 15 16 15 16 16 16 16 14 15 15 15 13 13 14 14 14 13 W 27 W 28 W 29 W 30 W 31 W 32 W 33 W 34 W 35 W 36 W 37 W 38 W 39 W 40 W 41 W 42 W 43 W 44 W 45 W 46 W 47 W 48 W 49 W 50 W 51 W 52 W 01 W 02 W 03 W 04 W 05 W 06 W 07 W 08 W 09 W 10 W 11 W 12 W 13 W 14 W 15 W 16 W 17 W 18 W 19 W 20 W 21 W 27 W 30 W 33 W 36 W 39 W 42 W 45 W 48 W 51 W 02 W 05 W 08 W 11 W 14 W 17 W 20 W 23 W 26 W 29 W 32 W 35 W 38 W 41 W 44 W 47 W 50 W 53 W 03 W 06 W 09 W 12 W 15 W 18 W 21 W 24 W 27 W 30 W 33 W 36 W 39 W 42 W 45 W 48 W 51 W 02 W 05 W 08 W 11 W 14 W 17 W 20 W 27 W 28 W 29 W 30 W 31 W 32 W 33 W 34 W 35 W 36 W 37 W 38 W 39 W 40 W 41 W 42 W 43 W 44 W 45 W 46 W 47 W 48 W 49 W 50 W 51 W 52 W 01 W 02 W 03 W 04 W 05 W 06 W 07 W 08 W 09 W 10 W 11 W 12 W 13 W 14 W 15 W 16 W 17 W 18 W 19 W 20 W 21