In Brief
Pandemic Flu Monitor: WHO Reports 1,000 Fatalities Last Week
“GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 1,000 deaths from the H1N1 swine flu virus were officially reported in the past week, a sharp rise which brings the global total to at least 7,826, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
“More than half of the latest fatalities were reported by health authorities in the Americas region.
“The winter flu season arrived early in the northern hemisphere this year and continues to be intense across parts of North America and much of Europe.
“In the United States and Canada, influenza transmission remains very active and geographically widespread,” the WHO said, adding that the disease now appeared to have peaked in all U.S. regions.
“In Canada, influenza activity remains similar but (the) number of Hospitalizations and deaths is increasing,” it said.”
Source: ABC News, November 27, 2009
Primary Source: World Health Organization, November 25, 2009
