Egypt reports 77th bird flu case

5/30/2009 10:20:00 PM  
CAIRO, May 30 (KUNA) — The Egyptian Health Ministry confirmed on Saturday the 77th infection case with H5N1 virus.
A female baby, aged one year and two months, contracted the highly pathogenic virus because she got in contact with domestic birds in a village located in Daqahliya, north Cairo, the ministry’s spokesman Dr. [...]

China Reports as Many as 26 Swine Flu Infections on Mainland

By Bloomberg News
Last Updated: May 31, 2009 04:14 EDT
May 31 (Bloomberg) — China has confirmed as many as 26 swine flu infections on the mainland, according to health authorities and the official Xinhua News Agency.
South China’s Guangdong province and southeastern Fujian province each reported a new case today, after two were identified in Beijing and [...]

Singapore, Thailand confirm new swine flu cases

The Associated Press , Singapore and Bangkok
Sun, 05/31/2009 3:28 PM
Singaporean and Thai health officials have confirmed their fifth and fourth swine flu cases, respectively.
The Singaporean ministry said in a statement Sunday that a 22-year-old local woman tested positive for the disease Saturday after flying back from New York. It says her symptoms are mild and [...]

Australian swine flu infections over 300

The number of Australians diagnosed with swine flu has risen to 303.
Cases have been diagnosed in every state and territory, with the majority 212 in Victoria and 57 in New South Wales.
Schools have been closed in several states, as a way of minimising the impact on communties where people have come down with swine flu.
Health [...]

UK – Swine flu tests on 32 Eton pupils

A further 32 suspected cases of swine flu among pupils at Eton College have been reported to health officials.
The public school announced on Thursday it would close for a week after a 13-year-old pupil tested positive.
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has written to parents warning of a further seven probable and 25 possible cases.
The Berkshire [...]

Vietnam records 1st case

HANOI – A 23-YEAR-OLD Vietnamese man has tested positive for swine flu in what would be the the first case in the Southeast Asian nation, a doctor said on Sunday. An initial test conducted on Saturday at the tropical diseases hospital in southern Ho Chi Minh City was positive, (Snip) But he said the Pasteur [...]

CDC Weekly Seasonal Influenza Data

Week 20, ending May 23, 2009

United States
Nevada flu cases climb over 100
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9 New H1N1 Cases Found On Oahu
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2 deaths linked to flu: Pregnant Woman Had Bronchitis
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More Probable Swine Flu Cases Reported in West Virginia
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Cyprus
Cyprus says tests show first H1NI case
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Argentina
Swine flu: there are already 80 cases with the H1N1 virus in Argentina
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Jefferson Country N.Y. first confirmed case H1N1

By Diane Rutherford
Story Published: May 29, 2009 at 12:54 PM EDT
Jefferson County has its first case of H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu, according to public health officials.
The Jefferson County Public Health Service said Friday that it was notified by the Wadsworth State Laboratory in Albany about the positive test result.
The health department [...]

Pacific Dawn cruise ship heading to Sydney

THE Pacific Dawn has set sail for Sydney having left 84 Queensland passengers in Brisbane. The company stressed that no passengers aboard the ship have tested positive for the virus and the ship has not been quarantined. It was said only Queensland passenger would be allowed to disembark at Brisbane, but authorities relented and all [...]

Liban : 3 confirmed cases

A Lebanese resident in Spain and two Canadians arrived in Lebanon a week ago suffering from the flu virus. We have put in quarantine and a blood test that we have made each day have been positive” in the influenza A (H1N1 ), he continued.
“The virus does not exist locally. The cases detected from abroad,” [...]