Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: W09/2020 (from 23/02/2020 to 29/02/2020): source of data: EMFLU Network and FLUMART

Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region W09/2020 (from 23/02/2020 to 29/02/2020) 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 - W09/2020 Last 4 weeks Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 8894 (31) 840 (29) Source of data : EMFLU Network and FLUMART Flu A (H3N2) 2225 (8) 230 (8) Table 1. Type and number of influenza viruses detected from W33/2019 to W09/2020 and during the last four weeks Virus type W33/2019-W09/2020 Last 4 weeks Number (%) Number (%) Flu A (Not-subtyped) 11104 (38) 968 (33) Flu B 6841 (24) 867 (30) Total 29064 2905 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 29% 8% 33% 30% Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 Flu A (H3N2) Flu A (Not-subtyped) Flu B WHO-EM/CSR/270/E 1/2 Flu B Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 Flu A (H3N2) Number (%) 37 (30) 64 (52) 21 (17) 14 (31) 8 (18) 14 (31) 348 (58) 37 (6) 212 (36) 77 (8) 4 (0) 792 (83) 101 (33) 44 (14) 159 (52) 39 (43) 26 (29) 21 (23) 9 (4) 12 (6) 63 (29) 83 (31) 33 (12) 150 (56) 32 (18) 118 (66) 30 (17) 140 (39) 185 (52) 34 (9) 59 (57) 31 (30) 13 (13) 6 (33) 7 (39) 5 (28) 783 (23) 46 (1) 589 (17) 191 (50) (-) 73 (19) (-) (-) (-) 1 (2) (-) 4 (7) 198 (72) 10 (4) 66 (24) (-) (-) (-) 59 (89) 6 (9) 1 (2) 2177 (29) 631 (8) 2247 (30) Figure 3. Comparison of respiratory pathogens detected from tested specimens by last 12 weeks Table 2. Reported cases by country during W01-W09/2020 Figure. 4 Age group distribution of influenza cases by virus type in the Region from W33/2019 to W09/2020 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 1541 649 (42) 122 (19) (-) 228 3581 4935 1094 221 (97) 3581 (100) 4935 (100) Saudi Arabia Qatar Pakistan Oman occupied Palestinian territory Morocco Lebanon Kuwait Jordan 509 1158 467 744 1405 778 165 © 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 (-) 66 (25) 32063 11407 2860 Sudan 40 (100) 265 (104) 78 129 689 40 255 901 (32) 18 (23) 104 (81) 689 (100) 1094 (100) 509 (100) 1157 (100) 457 (98) 744 (100) 1405 (100) 726 (93) 165 (100) 11408 (100) 45 (20) 597 (17) 956 (19) 304 (28) 90 (18) 215 (19) 266 (58) 180 (24) 359 (26) (-) (-) 382 (42) (-) 54 (52) 275 (40) 29068 (91) 7486 (26) 2431 (32) 9 (20) (-) 83 (9) (-) 4 (4) 131 (61) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 2036 (59) 118 (31) (-) 49 (91) 1 (0) 103 (14) 18 (11) 3454 (30) 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 W50 W51 W52 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 W07 W08 W09 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 1400 1600 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