Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: W10/2021 (from 07/03/2021 to 13/03/2021): source of data: EMFLU Network and FLUMART

Flu A: seasonal H3N2 16 (8) 3 (8) Table 1. Type and number of influenza viruses detected from W33/2020 to W10/2021 and during the last four weeks Virus type W33/2020-W10/2021 Last 4 weeks Number (%) Number (%) Flu B 127 (64) 24 (65) Flu A: Unsubtyped 21 (11) 4 (11) Flu A: H5N1 6 (3) 6 (16) Total 198 37 Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region W10/2021 (from 07/03/2021 to 13/03/2021) 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 - W10/2021 Last 4 weeks Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 28 (14) Source of data : EMFLU Network and FLUMART 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 50 100 150 200 250 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 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 - 2020 Number of positive influenza cases - 2021 Percentage of positive cases (%) - 2020 Percentage of positive cases (%) - 2021 14% 8% 11% 3% 64% Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 Flu A: seasonal H3N2 Flu A: Unsubtyped Flu A: H5N1 Flu B 8% 11% 16% 65% Flu A: seasonal H3N2 Flu A: Unsubtyped Flu A: H5N1 Flu B WHO-EM/CSR/393/E 1/2 Flu B Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 Flu A (H3N2) Number (%) (-) 2 (13) 13 (87) (-) (-) 3 (100) 6 (86) (-) 1 (14) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 4 (100) (-) (-) 2 (10) (-) (-) 31 (94) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 5 (71) 2 (29) 6 (7) 7 (8) 56 (62)6543 (73) 90 (1) 21 (23) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 19 (90) 2 (6) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 7 (4) 3 (0) 7 (5) (-) (-) (-) 4 (0) 21 (1) 33 (6) (-) (-) 415 (100) 1215 (100) 1612 (100) 587 (22) 13 (100) 41 (100) 93 (100) 195 (100)195 © 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 8931 (-) 1014 154 442 140 1014 (100) 154 (100) 442 (100) United Arab Emirates Tunisia Syrian Arab Republic Sudan Saudi Arabia Qatar Oman Lebanon 415 1218 1612 2697 13 41 93 Figure 3. Comparison of respiratory pathogens detected from tested specimens by last 12 weeks Table 2. Reported cases by country during W01-W10/2021 Figure. 4 Age group distribution of influenza cases by virus type in the Region from W33/2020 to W10/2021 Kuwait Jordan Iraq Iran (Islamic Republic of) Afghanistan Positive cases Number of enrolled cases Tested cases number (%) Infuenza positive cases number (%) Flu A (Not- subtyped) Flu A Country 897 762 (85) 15 (2) 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 2019 2019 2020 2020 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 W51 W52 W53 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 W07 W08 W09 W10 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 A: H5N1 Flu B 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 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: Unsubtyped Flu B 2/2