Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: week 52, 2022 (25-31 December)

Country Afghanistan Lebanon Libya Morocco occupied Palestinian territory Oman Pakistan Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Yemen Total Number of tested specimens (%)Number of enrolled cases 112 104 4 101 94 169 653 447 386 21 2 2093 112 (100) 104 (100) 4 (100) 101 (100) 94 (100) 169 (100) 625 (96) 447 (100) 310 (80) 0 (0) 2 (100) 1968 (94) 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 2022 Document number: WHO-EM/CSR/634/E INFLUENZA SITUATION IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION Week 52, 2022 (25–31 December) 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 2021-2022 2022-2023 22% 3% 25% 38% 12% 0 5 10 15 20 2021-2022 2022-2023 N um be r of r ep or ti ng c ou nt ri es Weeks Fig. 1. Number of reporting countries to EMFLU/FluNet by week in the Region, week 27, 2021 -- week 52, 2022 Fig. 2. Number of positive specimens by subtype/lineage and percentage of specimens testing positive for influenza viruses starting from week 27, 2021 till week 52, 2022 Fig. 3. Proportion of influenza subtypes/lineages in the Region, week 52, 2022Table. Number of enrolled cases and number of tested specimens by reporting countries in the Region, week 52, 2022 A (H3) A (H1N1) pdm09 B (lineage not determined) A (not subtyped) B (Victoria lineage) 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 18 17 18 18 19 18 18 18 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 19 18 18 18 18 19 19 20 18 17 17 19 20 18 18 18 18 17 17 11 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 41 W 42 W 43 W 44 W 45 W 46 W 47 W 48 W 49 W 50 W 51 W 52 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 W 41 W 43 W 45 W 47 W 49 W 51