Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: W07/2020 (from 09/02/2020 to 15/02/2020): source of data: EMFLU Network and FLUMART

Flu A (H3N2) 2112 (8) 247 (7) Table 1. Type and number of influenza viruses detected from W33/2019 to W07/2020 and during the last four weeks Virus type W33/2019-W07/2020 Last 4 weeks Number (%) Number (%) Flu A (Not-subtyped) 10729 (39) 1404 (39) Flu B 6438 (23) 1050 (29) Total 27763 3634 Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region W07/2020 (from 09/02/2020 to 15/02/2020) 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 - W07/2020 Last 4 weeks Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 8484 (31) 933 (26) Source of data : EMFLU Network and FLUMART 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 30% 8% 39% 23% Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 Flu A (H3N2) Flu A (Not-subtyped) Flu B 26% 7% 38% 29% Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 Flu A (H3N2) Flu A (Not-subtyped) Flu B WHO-EM/CSR/262/E 1/2 Flu B Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 Flu A (H3N2) Number (%) 37 (31) 62 (52) 21 (18) 14 (33) 8 (19) 14 (33) 342 (59) 30 (5) 207 (36) 68 (9) 2 (0) 603 (82) 100 (35) 43 (15) 146 (51) 36 (43) 23 (28) 20 (24) 7 (3) 10 (5) 63 (30) 55 (27) 12 (6) 134 (67) 28 (20) 82 (59) 29 (21) 126 (39) 167 (52) 30 (9) 56 (57) 31 (31) 12 (12) 6 (33) 7 (39) 5 (28) 559 (20) 28 (1) 452 (16) 149 (48) (-) 57 (18) (-) (-) (-) 1 (2) (-) 4 (7) 125 (70) 7 (4) 47 (26) (-) (-) (-) 58 (89) 6 (9) 1 (2) 1767 (29) 518 (8) 1845 (30)22566 (92) 6187 (27) 2057 (33) 7 (16) (-) 58 (8) (-) 4 (5) 131 (62) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 1702 (62) 106 (34) (-) 49 (91) (-) 99 (18) 18 (11) 2741 (32) 43 (20) 579 (18) 731 (23) 289 (30) 83 (24) 211 (19) 201 (65) 139 (22) 323 (28) (-) (-) 312 (43) (-) 54 (52) 179 (38) 971 (100) 342 (100) 1128 (99) 307 (97) 621 (100) 1156 (100) 536 (92) 165 (100) 8572 (100)8571 2209 Sudan 40 (100) 246 (104) 69 128 472 40 236 725 (33) 17 (25) 104 (81) 472 (100) © 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 (-) 65 (26) 24510 (-) 226 3211 3186 971 219 (97) 3211 (100) 3186 (100) Saudi Arabia Qatar Pakistan Oman occupied Palestinian territory Morocco Lebanon Kuwait Jordan 342 1139 316 621 1156 584 165 Figure 3. Comparison of respiratory pathogens detected from tested specimens by last 12 weeks Table 2. Reported cases by country during W01-W07/2020 Figure. 4 Age group distribution of influenza cases by virus type in the Region from W33/2019 to W07/2020 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 868 548 (63) 120 (22) 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 W48 W49 W50 W51 W52 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 W07 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 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