Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: W31/2021 (from 01/08/2021 to 07/08/2021): source of data: EMFLU Network and FLUMART

Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region W31/2021 (from 01/08/2021 to 07/08/2021) Figure 1. Number of positive influenza cases and influenza positivity rate per week, 2020-2021 Figure 2. Percentage of circulating virus type by positive influenza cases W33/2020 - W31/2021 Last 4 weeks Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 32 (3) 2 (3) Source of data : EMFLU Network and FLUMART Flu A: seasonal H3N2 371 (38) 31 (52) Table 1. Type and number of influenza viruses detected from W33/2020 to W31/2021 and during the last four weeks Virus type W33/2020-W31/2021 Last 4 weeks Number (%) Number (%) Flu B 542 (55) 21 (35) Flu A: Unsubtyped 28 (3) 6 (10) Flu A: H5N1 8 (1) Total 981 60 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 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 W 5 3 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 - 2020 Number of positive influenza cases - 2021 Percentage of positive cases (%) - 2020 Percentage of positive cases (%) - 2021 3% 38% 3% 1% 55% Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 Flu A: seasonal H3N2 Flu A: Unsubtyped Flu A: H5N1 Flu B 3% 52% 10% 35% Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 Flu A: seasonal H3N2 Flu A: Unsubtyped Flu B WHO-EM/CSR/445/E 1/2 Flu B Flu A (H1N1)pdm0 9 Flu A (H3N2) Flu A (Not- subtyped) Flu A: H5N1 Number (%) (-) 13 (21) (-) (-) 49 (79) (-) (-) (-) (-) 7 (100) (-) 153 (90) (-) (-) 17 (10) (-) 1 (25) (-) (-) 3 (75) (-) 1 (10) (-) 8 (80) 1 (10) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 9 (100) (-) 114 (44) (-) (-) 147 (56) 2 (2) 21 (18) 26 (22) (-) 67 (58) 1 (1) (-) 2 (2) (-) 86 (97) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 5 (100) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 6 (75) (-) (-) 2 (25) 3 (0) 314 (42) 28 (4) 8 (1) 388 (52) Figure 3. Comparison of respiratory pathogens detected from tested specimens by last 12 weeks Table 2. Reported cases by country during W01-W31/2021 Figure. 4 Age group distribution of influenza cases by virus type in the Region from W33/2020 to W31/2021 Iraq Iran (Islamic Republic of) Egypt Bahrain Afghanistan Positive cases Number of enrolled cases Tested cases number (%) Infuenza positive cases number (%) Flu A Country 1944 1653 (85) 62 (4) 280 3848 1137 653 275 (98) 3848 (100) 1137 (100) Sudan Saudi Arabia Qatar Pakistan Oman Morocco Lebanon Kuwait Jordan 2080 140 1361 122 4216 4368 4184 5023 13 © World Health Organization 2021. 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 30217 Syrian Arab Republic 28 129 691 653 (100) 2080 (100) (-) 1361 (100) 122 (100) 4184 (99) 4368 (100) 4184 (100) 3950 (79) 7 (3) 170 (4) 4 (0) 10 (2) (-) (-) (-) (-) 9 (0) (-) 5 (18) (-) 8 (1) 28676 (95) 741 (3) 261 (6) 116 (3) 89 (2) 13 (100) 28 (100) 129 (100) 691 (100) 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 W20 W21 W22 W23 W24 W25 W26 W27 W28 W29 W30 W31 N u m b er o f p o si ti v e in fl u en za c a se s Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 Flu A: seasonal H3N2 Flu A: Unsubtyped Flu B (blank) 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 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: A(H1N1)pdm09 Flu A: seasonal H3N2 Flu A: Unsubtyped Flu B 2/2