Reuters

“The pandemic virus is still the predominant influenza virus circulating worldwide, posing an increased risk to pregnant women and people with underlying medical conditions such as asthma, it said. (World Health Organization or WHO) (Emphasis added)

“Activity in general is decreasing,” WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told a news briefing.

“Much of the temperate northern hemisphere passed a peak of influenza transmission between late October and late November, the WHO said in a weekly update.

“But the H1N1 virus continues to transmit actively in North Africa, including Egypt, limited areas of eastern and southern Europe, and in parts of South and East Asia, including western India, according to the United Nations agency.”

Source: Reuters, January 29, 2010