Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: W04/2020 (from 19/01/2020 to 25/01/2020): source of data: EMFLU Network and FLUMART

Flu A (H3N2) 1886 (8) 292 (10) Table 1. Type and number of influenza viruses detected from W33/2019 to W04/2020 and during the last four weeks Virus type W33/2019-W04/2020 Last 4 weeks Number (%) Number (%) Flu A (Not-subtyped) 9345 (38) 685 (23) Flu B 5600 (23) 1018 (35) Total 24486 2937 Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region W04/2020 (from 19/01/2020 to 25/01/2020) Figure 1. Number of positive influenza cases and influenza positivity rate per week, 2019-2020 Figure 2. Percentage of circulating virus type by positive influenza cases W33/2019 - W04/2020 Last 4 weeks Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 7655 (31) 942 (32) Source of data : EMFLU Network and FLUMART 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 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 P er ce n ta g e o f p o si ti v e ca se s (% ) N u m b er o f p o si ti v e in fl u en za c a se s Epi week Number of positive influenza cases - 2019 Number of positive influenza cases - 2020 Percentage of positive cases (%) - 2019 Percentage of positive cases (%) - 2020 31% 8% 38% 23% Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 Flu A (H3N2) Flu A (Not-subtyped) Flu B 32% 10% 23% 35% Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 Flu A (H3N2) Flu A (Not-subtyped) Flu B WHO-EM/CSR/250/E 1/2 Flu B Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 Flu A (H3N2) Number (%) 25 (35) 37 (51) 10 (14) 5 (31) 4 (25) 5 (31) 294 (68) 12 (3) 126 (29) 62 (14) 2 (0) 334 (75) 98 (37) 43 (16) 122 (46) 1 (1) 7 (4) 49 (26) 32 (21) 4 (3) 117 (76) 12 (21) 22 (39) 23 (40) 82 (40) 106 (51) 19 (9) 24 (41) 26 (45) 8 (14) 6 (35) 7 (41) 4 (24) 131 (18) 16 (2) 150 (21) 95 (49) (-) 30 (16) (-) (-) (-) 1 (8) (-) 2 (17) 24 (57) (-) 18 (43) (-) (-) (-) 50 (88) 6 (11) 1 (2) 942 (32) 292 (10) 1018 (35)11102 (92) 2937 (26) 685 (23) 2 (13) (-) 46 (10) (-) 130 (70) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 430 (59) 68 (35) (-) 9 (75) (-) (-) 17 (12) 727 (26) 193 (46) 16 (33) 432 (22) 444 (22) 263 (37) 187 (23) 153 (67) 57 (16) 207 (29) 58 (18) (-) (-) 12 (52) 42 (71) (-) 718 (100) 828 (100) 228 (100) 361 (100) 704 (100) 317 (93) 141 (100) 2753 (100) 419 (34)1238 33 Syrian Arab Republic 204 (105) 26 166 18 194 (-) 23 (88) 59 (36) 18 (100) © World Health Organization 2019. 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 Yemen United Arab Emirates Tunisia 57 (28) 12079 (-) 49 1965 1999 718 48 (98) 1965 (100) 1999 (100) Sudan Saudi Arabia Qatar Pakistan Oman occupied Palestinian territory Morocco Lebanon Kuwait 828 229 361 704 341 141 2752 Figure 3. Comparison of respiratory pathogens detected from tested specimens by last 12 weeks Table 2. Reported cases by country during W01-W04/2020 Figure. 4 Age group distribution of influenza cases by virus type in the Region from W33/2019 to W04/2020 Iraq Iran (Islamic Republic of) Egypt Bahrain Afghanistan Positive cases Number of enrolled cases Tested cases number (%) Infuenza positive cases number (%) Flu A (Not- subtyped) Flu A Country 317 317 (100) 72 (23) 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 W45 W46 W47 W48 W49 W50 W51 W52 W01 W02 W03 W04 N u m b er o f p o si ti v e i n fl u en za c a se s Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 Flu A (H3N2) Flu A (Not-subtyped) Flu B 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 Less than 2 3 to 5 6 to 15 16 to 50 51 to 65 More than 65 N u m b er o f p o si ti v e in fl u en za c a se s Age group Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 Flu A (H3N2) Flu A (Not-subtyped) Flu B 2/2