Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: W24/2020 (from 07/06/2020 to 13/06/2020): source of data: EMFLU Network and FLUMART

Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region W24/2020 (from 07/06/2020 to 13/06/2020) 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 - W24/2020 Last 4 weeks Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 9176 (31) 6 (75) Source of data : EMFLU Network and FLUMART Flu A: seasonal H3N2 2359 (8) 1 (13) Table 1. Type and number of influenza viruses detected from W33/2019 to W24/2020 and during the last four weeks Virus type W33/2019-W24/2020 Last 4 weeks Number (%) Number (%) Flu A: Unsubtyped 11281 (38) Flu B 6817 (23) 1 (13) Total 29633 8 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 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 - 2019 Number of positive influenza cases - 2020 Percentage of positive cases (%) - 2019 Percentage of positive cases (%) - 2020 31% 8% 38% 23% Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 Flu A: seasonal H3N2 Flu A: Unsubtyped Flu B 75% 12% 13% Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 Flu A: seasonal H3N2 Flu B WHO-EM/CSR/350/E 1/2 Flu B Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 Flu A (H3N2) Number (%) 38 (31) 61 (50) 22 (18) 14 (30) 8 (17) 14 (30) 357 (57) 125 (20) 147 (23) 23 (3) 3 (0) 583 (83) 101 (33) 44 (14) 159 (52) 42 (43) 29 (30) 23 (23) 9 (4) 15 (7) 63 (29) 86 (30) 40 (14) 165 (57) 35 (19) 121 (65) 31 (17) 145 (39) 188 (51) 36 (10) 60 (39) 31 (20) 21 (14) 6 (46) 7 (54) (-) 927 (25) 47 (1) 659 (18) 228 (45) (-) 132 (26) (-) (-) (-) 1 (2) (-) 4 (7) 220 (72) 12 (4) 72 (24) 84 (46) 27 (15) 72 (39) 63 (83) 8 (11) 5 (7) 2439 (30) 766 (10) 2208 (28) Figure 3. Comparison of respiratory pathogens detected from tested specimens by last 12 weeks Table 2. Reported cases by country during W01-W24/2020 Figure. 4 Age group distribution of influenza cases by virus type in the Region from W33/2019 to W24/2020 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 1818 1122 (62) 121 (11) (-) 278 9807 4348 46402 256 (92) 9807 (100) 4348 (100) Saudi Arabia Qatar Pakistan Oman occupied Palestinian territory Morocco Lebanon Kuwait Jordan 858 3369 550 764 4344 2080 165 © World Health Organization 2020. 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 United Arab Emirates Tunisia Syrian Arab Republic Yemen 183 (14) 76 (17) 97257 14858 4841 Sudan 1317 (100) 443 (101) 93 153 773 1319 437 1340 (28) 18 (19) 128 (84) 490 (63) 5391 (12) 858 (100) 1273 (38) 540 (98) 764 (100) 4344 (100) 1541 (74) 165 (100) 14859 (100) 46 (18) 629 (6) 701 (16) 304 (6) 98 (11) 218 (17) 291 (54) 187 (24) 369 (8) (-) (-) 506 (38) (-) 61 (48) 305 (62) 49004 (50) 8010 (16) 2597 (32) 10 (22) (-) 92 (13) (-) 4 (4) 131 (60) (-) (-) (-) 42 (27) (-) 2115 (56) 146 (29) (-) 56 (92) 1 (0) 154 (10) 13 (8) 3748 (25) 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18 W19 W20 W21 W22 W23 W24 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 (blank) 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 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: seasonal H3N2 Flu A: Unsubtyped Flu B 2/2