Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: week 31, 2022 (31 July-06 August)

W27 W29 W31 W33 W35 W37 W39 W41 W43 W45 W47 W49 W51 W01 W03 W05 W07 W09 W11 W13 W15 W17 W19 W21 W23 W25 W27 W29 W31 2021-2022 2022-2023 Country Afghanistan Bahrain Egypt Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Jordan Lebanon Libya occupied Palestinian territory Oman Pakistan Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syrian Arab Republic United Arab Emirates Yemen Total Number of tested specimens (%)Number of enrolled cases 35 768 366 297 51 67 91 2 4 90 139 253 87 58 17 27 69 1 2422 35 (100) 768 (100) 366 (100) 297 (100) 51 (100) 67 (100) 91 (100) 2 (100) 4 (100) 90 (100) 139 (100) 253 (100) 69 (79) 56 (97) 17 (100) 27 (100) 69 (100) 1 (100) 2402 (99) 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/544/E INFLUENZA SITUATION IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION Week 31, 2022 (31 July–06 August) 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 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 % 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 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 % 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 18% 15% 6% 4% 57% 0 5 10 15 20 2021-2022 2022-2023 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 31, 2022 Fig. 2. Number of positive specimens by subtype/lineage and percentage of specimens testing positive for influenza viruses starting from week 27, 2021 till week 31, 2022 Fig. 3. Proportion of influenza subtypes/lineages in the Region, week 31, 2022 Table. Number of enrolled cases and number of tested specimens by reporting countries in the Region, week 31, 2022 A (H3) A (H1N1) pdm09 B (lineage not determined) A (not subtyped) B (Victoria lineage) 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 17 16 17 17 18 17 17 17 17 17 15 16 16 17 17 15 16 17 17 16 17 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 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 22 W 23 W 24 W 25 W 26 W 27 W 28 W 29 W 30 W 31 W27 W28 W29 W30 W31 2022-2023 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450