Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: week 40, 2023 (1-7 October)

Country Afghanistan Bahrain Egypt Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Jordan Lebanon Morocco occupied Palestinian territory Oman Pakistan Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Syrian Arab Republic Tunisia United Arab Emirates Total Number of tested specimens (%)Number of enrolled cases 52 148 500 3313 14 93 60 10 35 419 83 415 1208 40 37 35 1374 7836 52 (100) 148 (100) 500 (100) 3313 (100) 14 (100) 93 (100) 60 (100) 10 (100) 35 (100) 419 (100) 83 (100) 415 (100) 1192 (99) 27 (67.5) 7 (19) 35 (100) 1374 (100) 7777 (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 2023 Document number: WHO-EM/CSR/693/E INFLUENZA SITUATION IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION Week 40, 2023 (1–7 October) 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 % 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 33% 1% 2% 36% 28% 0 5 10 15 20 N um be r of r ep or ti ng c ou nt ri es Weeks 2022-2023 2023-2024 Fig. 1. Number of reporting countries to EMFLU/FluNet by week in the Region, week 27, 2022 -- week 40, 2023 Fig. 2. Number of positive specimens by subtype/lineage and percentage of specimens testing positive for influenza viruses starting from week 27, 2022 till week 40, 2023 Fig. 3. Proportion of influenza subtypes/lineages in the Region, week 40, 2023 Table. Number of enrolled cases and number of tested specimens by reporting countries in the Region, week 40, 2023 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 2022-2023 2023-2024 A (H3) A (H1N1) pdm09 B (lineage not determined) A (not subtyped) B (Victoria lineage) 18 18 17 18 19 19 18 18 18 19 19 19 20 19 20 18 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 20 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 18 18 18 17 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 17 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 W 32 W 33 W 34 W 35 W 36 W 37 W 38 W 39 W 40 W 27 W 29 W 31 W 33 W 35 W 37 W 39 W 41 W 43 W 45 W 47 W 49 W 51 W 01 W 03 W 05 W 07 W 09 W 11 W 13 W 15 W 17 W 19 W 21 W 23 W 25 W 27 W 29 W 31 W 33 W 35 W 37 W 39