Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region W01/2020 (from 29/12/2019 to 04/01/2020), Source of data: EMFLU Network and FLUMART

Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region W01/2020 (from 29/12/2019 to 04/01/2020) 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 - W01/2020 Last 4 weeks Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 5820 (33) 1278 (33) Source of data : EMFLU Network and FLUMART Flu A (H3N2) 1649 (9) 414 (11) Table 1. Type and number of influenza viruses detected from W33/2019 to W01/2020 and during the last four weeks Virus type W33/2019-W01/2020 Last 4 weeks Number (%) Number (%) Flu A (Not-subtyped) 6149 (34) 1048 (27) Flu B 4244 (24) 1169 (30) Total 17862 3909 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 33% 9% 34% 24% Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 Flu A (H3N2) Flu A (Not-subtyped) Flu B 33% 10% 27% 30% Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 Flu A (H3N2) Flu A (Not-subtyped) Flu B WHO-EM/CSR/247/E 1/2 Flu B Flu A (H1N1)pdm09 Flu A (H3N2) Number (%) 5 (31) 10 (63) 1 (6) (-) (-) (-) 35 (22) 1 (1) 92 (58) 29 (31) 28 (29) 38 (40) (-) 1 (100) (-) 1 (13) (-) 7 (88) (-) 1 (20) 4 (80) 22 (34) 41 (64) 1 (2) 39 (17) 8 (3) 56 (24) 24 (44) (-) 9 (17) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 3 (100) 16 (80) 3 (15) 1 (5) 171 (26) 93 (14) 212 (32) Figure 3. Comparison of respiratory pathogens detected from tested specimens by last 12 weeks Table 2. Reported cases by country during W01-W01/2020 Figure. 4 Age group distribution of influenza cases by virus type in the Region from W33/2019 to W01/2020 Kuwait Iraq Iran (Islamic Republic of) Bahrain Afghanistan Positive cases Number of enrolled cases Tested cases number (%) Infuenza positive cases number (%) Flu A (Not- subtyped) Flu A Country 274 43 (16) 16 (37) (-) 5 662 259 19 5 (100) 662 (100) 259 (100) Yemen Tunisia Syrian Arab Republic Sudan Saudi Arabia Qatar occupied Palestinian territory Morocco Lebanon 16 45 176 1059 293 8 4 © World Health Organization 2019. 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 2926 30 76 76 (100) 18 (95) 16 (100) 45 (100) 176 (100) 1059 (100) 130 (44) (-) 2 (50) 30 (100) (-) 159 (24) 95 (37) 1 (6) 8 (50) 5 (11) 64 (36) 234 (22) 54 (42) 20 (26) 2521 (86) 660 (26) 184 (28) (-) 31 (19) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 131 (56) 21 (39) (-) 1 (100) (-) (-) (-) 1 (50) 3 (10) 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2019 2020 W42 W43 W44 W45 W46 W47 W48 W49 W50 W51 W52 W01 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 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 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