Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: W25/2020 (from 14/06/2020 to 20/06/2020): source of data: EMFLU Network and FLUMART

Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region W25/2020 (from 14/06/2020 to 20/06/2020) 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 - W25/2020 Last 4 weeks Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 9177 (31) 2 (29) Source of data : EMFLU Network and FLUMART Flu A: seasonal H3N2 2362 (8) 4 (57) Table 1. Type and number of influenza viruses detected from W33/2019 to W25/2020 and during the last four weeks Virus type W33/2019-W25/2020 Last 4 weeks Number (%) Number (%) Flu A: Unsubtyped 11282 (38) 1 (14) Flu B 6817 (23) Total 29638 7 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 29% 57% 14% Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 Flu A: seasonal H3N2 Flu A: Unsubtyped WHO-EM/CSR/351/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) 358 (57) 128 (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) 2440 (30) 769 (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-W25/2020 Figure. 4 Age group distribution of influenza cases by virus type in the Region from W33/2019 to W25/2020 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 1882 1122 (60) 121 (11) (-) 283 9872 4351 55514 259 (92) 9872 (100) 4351 (100) Saudi Arabia Qatar Pakistan Oman occupied Palestinian territory Morocco Lebanon Kuwait Jordan 867 3490 550 764 4347 2084 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) 106761 14970 4845 Sudan 1319 (100) 443 (101) 93 153 773 1321 437 1342 (28) 18 (19) 128 (84) 490 (63) 5391 (10) 867 (100) 1273 (36) 540 (98) 764 (100) 4347 (100) 1545 (74) 165 (100) 14971 (100) 46 (18) 633 (6) 701 (16) 304 (6) 98 (11) 218 (17) 291 (54) 187 (24) 369 (8) (-) (-) 506 (38) (-) 61 (48) 305 (62) 49207 (46) 8015 (16) 2598 (32) 10 (22) (-) 92 (13) (-) 4 (4) 131 (60) (-) (-) (-) 42 (27) (-) 2116 (56) 146 (29) (-) 56 (92) 1 (0) 154 (10) 13 (8) 3749 (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 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18 W19 W20 W21 W22 W23 W24 W25 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