Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: week 1, 2022 (1-8 January 2022)

Number of enrolled cases 126 2323 15 225 208 238 22 48 3205 Country Afghanistan Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Lebanon Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Total Number of tested specimens (%) 120 (95) 2323 (100) 15 (100) 225 (100) 207 (99) 238 (100) 6 (27) 48 (100) 3182 (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/490/E 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 1, 2022 Fig. 1. Number of reporting countries to EMFLU/FluNet by week in the Region, week 27, 2021 -- week 1, 2022 Fig. 3. Proportion of influenza subtypes/lineages in the Region, week 1, 2022 Table. Number of enrolled cases and number of tested specimens by reporting countries in the Region, week 1, 2022 INFLUENZA SITUATION IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION Week 1, 2022 (1–8 January 2022) Source of data: EMFLU Network and FLUMART A (H3) A (not subtyped) B (lineage not determined) A (H1N1) pdm09 A (H1N1) pdm09 A (H3) A (H5) A (not subtyped) B (Yamagata lineage) B (Victoria lineage) B (lineage not determined) % of positive specimens 12 12 12 13 11 13 12 13 11 11 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 14 13 14 14 14 15 13 13 11 8 0 5 10 15 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 2021 2022 N um be r of r ep or ti ng c ou nt ri es Weeks 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 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 % 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 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 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 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 1% 56%42% 1%