Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: W08/2021 (from 21/02/2021 to 27/02/2021): source of data: EMFLU Network and FLUMART

Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region W08/2021 (from 21/02/2021 to 27/02/2021) Figure 1. Number of positive influenza cases and influenza positivity rate per week, 2020-2021 Figure 2. Percentage of circulating virus type by positive influenza cases W33/2020 - W08/2021 Last 4 weeks Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 28 (16) Source of data : EMFLU Network and FLUMART Flu A: seasonal H3N2 14 (8) 3 (12) Table 1. Type and number of influenza viruses detected from W33/2020 to W08/2021 and during the last four weeks Virus type W33/2020-W08/2021 Last 4 weeks Number (%) Number (%) Flu A: Unsubtyped 21 (12) 6 (23) Flu B 114 (64) 17 (65) Total 177 26 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 50 100 150 200 250 W 0 1 W 0 2 W 0 3 W 0 4 W 0 5 W 0 6 W 0 7 W 0 8 W 0 9 W 1 0 W 1 1 W 1 2 W 1 3 W 1 4 W 1 5 W 1 6 W 1 7 W 1 8 W 1 9 W 2 0 W 2 1 W 2 2 W 2 3 W 2 4 W 2 5 W 2 6 W 2 7 W 2 8 W 2 9 W 3 0 W 3 1 W 3 2 W 3 3 W 3 4 W 3 5 W 3 6 W 3 7 W 3 8 W 3 9 W 4 0 W 4 1 W 4 2 W 4 3 W 4 4 W 4 5 W 4 6 W 4 7 W 4 8 W 4 9 W 5 0 W 5 1 W 5 2 W 5 3 P e rc e n ta g e o f p o si ti v e c a se s (% ) N u m b e r o f p o si ti v e in fl u e n za c a se s Epi week Number of positive influenza cases - 2020 Number of positive influenza cases - 2021 Percentage of positive cases (%) - 2020 Percentage of positive cases (%) - 2021 16% 8% 12%64% Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 Flu A: seasonal H3N2 Flu A: Unsubtyped Flu B 12% 23% 65% Flu A: seasonal H3N2 Flu A: Unsubtyped Flu B WHO-EM/CSR/391/E 1/2 Flu B Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 Flu A (H3N2) Number (%) (-) 1 (13) 7 (88) (-) (-) 3 (100) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 4 (100) (-) (-) 1 (5) (-) (-) 28 (93) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 4 (100) (-) (-) 5 (7) 43 (62) Figure 3. Comparison of respiratory pathogens detected from tested specimens by last 12 weeks Table 2. Reported cases by country during W01-W08/2021 Figure. 4 Age group distribution of influenza cases by virus type in the Region from W33/2020 to W08/2021 Kuwait Jordan Iraq Iran (Islamic Republic of) Afghanistan Positive cases Number of enrolled cases Tested cases number (%) Infuenza positive cases number (%) Flu A (Not- subtyped) Flu A Country 725 590 (81) 8 (1) (-) 855 65 437 140 855 (100) 65 (100) 437 (100) United Arab Emirates Tunisia Syrian Arab Republic Sudan Saudi Arabia Qatar Oman Lebanon 331 859 1237 2245 13 41 75 © World Health Organization 2021. Some rights reserved. This work is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 IGO license (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc- sa/3.0/igo). Total 7160 137 (-) 331 (100) 857 (100) 1237 (100) 482 (21) 13 (100) 41 (100) 75 (100) 137 (100) 3 (0) (-) (-) (-) (-) 4 (0) 20 (2) 30 (6) (-) 5120 (72) 69 (1) 21 (30) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 19 (95) 2 (7) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 4 (3) 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 2019 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2020 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 W49 W50 W51 W52 W53 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 W07 W08 N u m b e r o f p o si ti v e in fl u e n za c a se s Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 Flu A: seasonal H3N2 Flu A: Unsubtyped Flu B 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Less than 2 3 to 5 6 to 15 16 to 50 51 to 65 More than 65 N u m b e r o f p o si ti v e in fl u e n za c a se s Age group Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 Flu A: Unsubtyped Flu B 2/2