2009 swine flu pandemic in Africa

none 2009 flu pandemic by country 2009 flu pandemic timeline A/H1N1 2009 swine flu pandemic timeline summary 2009 flu pandemic The 2009 flu pandemic hit Africa two months later than other continents with the first case reported in Egypt on June 2, 2009. As of December 1, 30 countries in Africa had reported cases and 7 countries in Africa had reported a total of 108 deaths. It was the least affected continent. Symptoms of H1N1 swine flu are like regular flu symptoms and include fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body aches, headache, chills, and fatigue. Many people with swine flu have had diarrhea and vomiting, but these symptoms can also be caused by many other conditions. That means that you and your doctor can't know, just based on your symptoms, if you've got swine flu. Healthcare professionals may offer a rapid flu test, although a negative result doesn't mean you don't have the flu. The accuracy of the test depends on the quality of the manufacturer's test, the sample collection method, and how much of the virus a person is emitting at the time of testing. Like seasonal flu, pandemic swine flu can cause neurological symptoms in children. These events are rare, but, as cases associated with seasonal flu have shown, they can be very severe and often fatal. Symptoms include seizures or changes in mental status (confusion or sudden cognitive or behavioral changes). It's not clear why these symptoms occur, although they may be caused by Reye's syndrome. Reye's syndrome usually occurs in children with a viral illness who have taken aspirin—something that should always be avoided.http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/features/swine-flu-faq-1?page=2 Swine Flu Symptoms - What Is Swine Flu - H1N1 Influenza A - Swine Flu Treatment WebMD + Detected human cases in African countries Country Cases Deaths Laboratory confirmed Laboratory confirmed Total 28,616 345 South Africa 12,631https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/97728DC828419A8EC1257696004C31F0-Full_Report.pdf Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the African Region: Update 63 WHO AFRO 2009-11-04 2009-11-06 93http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/Documents/091106_Influenza_AH1N1_Situation_Report_0900hrs.pdf ECDC Daily Update - Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - 06 November 2009 2009-11-06 2009-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20091107163924/http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/Documents/091106_Influenza_AH1N1_Situation_Report_0900hrs.pdf 7 November 2009 dead dmy-all Egypt11,765http://www.emro.who.int/csr/h1n1/h1n1_update.htm Latest situation in the Region WHO EMRO 2009-09-19 2009-09-25 2009-11-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20091126034411/http://www.emro.who.int/csr/h1n1/h1n1_update.htm dead210http://www.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=168906&SecID=65&IssueID=90 اليوم السابع وفاة 4 حالات جديدة بأنفلونزا الخنازير 2015-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20120301012246/http://www.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=168906&SecID=65&IssueID=90 2012-03-01 dead Morocco 2980 50 Algeria 672 47 Mauritius 69 8 Tunisia 1200 18 Madagascar 877 3 Mozambique 101 2 São Tomé and Príncipe 41 2 Nigeria 11 2 Tanzania 677 1 Libya 233 1 Namibia 72 1 Sudan 145 5 Kenya 417 0 Rwanda 331 0 Uganda 251 0 Zambia 90 0 Democratic Republic of Congo 222 0 Lesotho 65 0 Cape Verde 62 0 Ghana 54 0 Zimbabwe 41 0 Angola 37 0 Seychelles 33 0 Botswana 23 0 Republic of the Congo 21 0 Djibouti 9 0 Burundi 7 0 Mali 7 0 Ethiopia 6 0 Cameroon 4 0 Malawi 4 0 Côte d'Ivoire 3 0 Swaziland 2 0 Gabon 1 0Summary: Number of African countries with confirmed cases: 35 (13 November 2009) thumb|left|2009 flu pandemic in Africa: black Deathsred Confirmed casesyellow Suspected casesgrey No reported casesthumb|left|forestgreen No deaths#e6e6e6 1+ deaths#cccccc 5+ deaths#b3b3b3 10+ deaths#999999 50+ deaths#808080 100+ deathsthumb|left|#2b0000 50 000+ confirmed cases#550000 5 000+ confirmed cases#8c0000 500+ confirmed cases#d40000 50+ confirmed cases#ff6666 5+ confirmed cases#ff9999 1+ confirmed casesthumb|left| #ff6600 Community Outbreaks Algeria The first case of swine influenza was detected in Algeria on June 20. This was an Algerian national, resident in Frankfurt and coming from Miami with her two children. This first case was detected at Houari Boumediene Airport. Many Algerian immigrants and tourists were arriving during this holiday period, increasing the risk of spreading the virus. The woman suffering from flu was immediately transferred to the hospital of El-Kettar’ in Algiers.http://www.ennaharonline.com/en/news/1491.html Ennahar Online - First case of swine flu identified in Algeria ennaharonline.com 2009-10-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20091031161912/http://www.ennaharonline.com/en/news/1491.html 2009-10-31 dead Benin As of May 2, 2009 there was one suspected case of swine flu in Benin.Swine flue confirmed in Benin, The Times, May 2, 2009. Accessed 2009-08-03. Archived 2009-09-08. Egypt The Egyptian government increased numbers of medical officers at Cairo Airport and pledged to monitor passengers from Mexico during their stay.The world response to flu crisis, BBC News, 2009-04-28. Retrieved on 2009-04-30. The government ordered the mass slaughter of all pigs in Egypt on April 29,Egypt orders pig cull, ABC News, 2009-04-30. Retrieved on 2009-04-30. Archived 2009-09-08. even though the pandemic strain was a human-human transmittable, human influenza that has already previously hybridized with avian and swine flu.OIE position on safety of international trade of pigs and products of pig origin April 28, 2009 World Organisation for Animal Health http://www.oie.int/eng/press/en_090428.htm 2009-04-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20090903140107/http://www.oie.int/eng/press/en_090428.htm September 3, 2009 dead The World Organisation for Animal Health called the swine killing "scientifically unjustified". Egypt commenced the slaughter on 2 May 2009.https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jVxwhffSW4vItUaza1MCp6cgrbew https://web.archive.org/web/20110303125458/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jVxwhffSW4vItUaza1MCp6cgrbew dead March 3, 2011 Iraq culls three wild pigs at Baghdad zoo 2009-04-03 2009-05-04 On the next day in Cairo, an estimated 300 Coptic Christian residents of the Manshiyat Nasr district set up blockades on the street in attempt to keep government officers from confiscating their pigs, http://compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&idelement=5910&lang=en&length=short&backpage=index&critere=&countryname=&rowcur=50 Egypt: swine destruction threatens coptic-run industry 2009-05-05 Compass Direct News 15 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090728071421/http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news 28 July 2009 usurped which led to clashes with the police.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8031490.stm Clashes erupt over Egypt pig cull 2009-05-03 BBC News 2009-05-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20090505033159/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8031490.stm 5 May 2009 live Al-Ahram, a widely circulated Egyptian newspaper, reported that owners of destroyed pigs would receive 1,000 yes (approximately US$177.70) per animal in compensation,UN agency slams Egypt order to cull all pigs https://www.reuters.com/article/europeCrisis/idUSLT11250 Phil Stewart Reuters 2009-04-29 15 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090503034026/https://www.reuters.com/article/europeCrisis/idUSLT11250 3 May 2009 live but Reuters reported that the issue was still "under discussion", citing an Egyptian cabinet spokesman. The first case of the novel H1N1 virus was discovered in Cairo, Egypt on the second of June, in a 12-year-old girl coming from the US with her mother. Only the girl was infected, and the officials caught the case before she left the airport. A second and third case were discovered on Sunday 7 June: two students at the American University of Cairo.https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE5510ED20090602 Reuters Egypt detects first H1N1 flu case: WHO official 2 June 2009 15 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090605174842/https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE5510ED20090602 5 June 2009 dead As of June 9, there was 8 confirmed case of swine flu in Egypt. On June 11, 2 more cases were discovered, along with 2 cases discovered a day earlier, bringing the total number of swine flu cases to 12.https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iP1qStvCULJ_rKgmloiXfwbJcKGA Toddler latest swine flu case in Egypt 2009-06-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20090616125702/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iP1qStvCULJ_rKgmloiXfwbJcKGA 16 June 2009 dead As of December 3, the confirmed cases were 3558 and the deaths of 24. As of January 31, there were 258 confirmed deaths from A/H1N1 influenza in Egypt, and in excess of 15,800 confirmed cases of H1N1.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/health/2010-02/01/c_13158226.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100204102418/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/health/2010-02/01/c_13158226.htm dead February 4, 2010 A/H1N1 flu death toll reaches 258 in Egypt xinhuanet.com Ethiopia On June 19, 2009 the Ethiopian government reported two cases of swine flu. They were both in girls who had returned from school in the United States for summer break.https://reliefweb.int/report/ethiopia/ethiopians-infected-h1n1-flu-receive-treatment-ministry Ethiopians infected with H1N1 flu receive treatment : ministry ReliefWeb 2018-03-21 enhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-flu-ethiopia/ethiopia-confirms-first-cases-of-h1n1-idUSTRE55I5AN20090619 Ethiopia confirms first cases of H1N1 Malone Barry 2009-06-19 Reuters 2018-03-21 One additional case was reported by July 6.https://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_07_06/en/ https://web.archive.org/web/20090722014635/http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_07_06/en/ dead July 22, 2009 WHO Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 58 www.who.int 2018-03-21 By December 14, 2009, six cases had been reported with no deaths contributed to the flu. Ghana Ghana banned the importation of pork and pork products.http://gbcghana.com/news/25813detail.html Ghana bans importation of pork and pork products Ghana Broadcasting Corporation 2009-04-28 2009-04-30 Ghana Broadcasting Corporation https://web.archive.org/web/20090918033035/http://gbcghana.com/news/25813detail.html 2009-09-18 dead As of December 14, 2009, Ghana had 54 cases with no deaths reported. Kenya Kenya health authorities started screening travellers at Jomo Kenyatta and Moi international airports on April 28. Public Health and Sanitation minister Beth Mugo said travellers from Mexico and those from Texas, California and New York were being screened.http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/592220/-/u65k7o/-/index.html Kenya mounts swine flu alert 28 April 2009 nation.co.ke On June 29, a British medical student became the first confirmed case of swine flu in Kenya. The student, who was in a group of 33, was in Kenya to attend a series of medical camps in Nyanza province. The whole group was quarantined in their hotel in Kisumu while undergoing treatment. There was a panic in Nairobi as mobile text messages circulated warning people to stay away from Sarit centre, a popular commercial establishment where another suspected case had been diagnosed. The patient's test results, however, came back negative for the H1N1 virus.http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Kenya_confirms_first_swine_flu_case Kenya confirms first swine flu case Wikinews 3 July 2009http://swineflu.ushahidi.com/reports/view/764 Swine Flu 2009-10-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20090924061038/http://swineflu.ushahidi.com/reports/view/764 2009-09-24 dead As of December 14, 2009, Kenya had 417 cases with no deaths reported. Libya On 6 July 2009, Libya had its first confirmed case of swine flu from a man that had travelled from Thailand via Dubai.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-flu-libya/libya-reports-first-case-of-new-h1n1-flu-idUSTRE5641B720090705 Libya reports first case of new H1N1 flu Hamid Ould Ahmed 2009-07-05 Reuters 2018-03-21 As of December 5, 2009, Libya had 124 cases with no deaths. Morocco Morocco confirmed the first case of novel human swine flu (A/H1N1-2009) on 12 June, in an 18-year-old university student returning from Canada.Reuters, "Morocco confirms first H1N1 flu case -ministry", 12 June 2009 (accessed 14 June 2009) As of December 5, 2009, Morocco had 1,763 cases with 5 deaths.https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/influenza-h1n1-eastern-mediterranean-region-who-latest-update-05-dec-2009 Influenza A (H1N1): Eastern Mediterranean Region - WHO latest update, 05 Dec 2009 ReliefWeb en 2018-03-21 Namibia thumb|right|200px|Outbreak evolution in Namibia#000000 Deaths#FF0000 Confirmed cases Namibia confirmed its first two cases of swine flu on July 20. Both cases involved young adults who had been traveling in other countries: a 13-year-old boy from Rehoboth who returned from a rugby trip with 20 other students in South Africa and a young student returning from Europe. The latter was taken by ambulance to hospital directly from the international airport in Windhoek as she showed severe signs of flu.http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=c3dbbe29a6992210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader. SABC sabcnews.com 2009-11-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20090722232421/http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=c3dbbe29a6992210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default 2009-07-22 dead Nigeria Nigerian Health Minister Babatunde Osotimehin announced that the country was stockpiling antiviral treatments, informing the public and increasing surveillance. The first A/H1N1 death was confirmed in Nigeria on 5 January 2010, with the victim being a 38-year-old woman from Lagos who was infected in the US. Tunisia Tunisia confirmed the two first cases of swine flu (A/H1N1-2009) on June 22. Both cases were returning from the United States, and recovered quickly.Associated Press, "Grippe A/H1N1: deux premiers cas en Tunisie" https://web.archive.org/web/20090625135424/http://fr.news.yahoo.com/3/20090622/twl-grippe-a-h1n1-tunisie-1be00ca.html 2009-06-25 , 22 June 2009 (accessed 22 June 2009) South Africa thumb|right|200px|Outbreak evolution in South Africa #000000 Deaths#FF0000 Confirmed cases On April 29, South Africa reported two possible cases of swine flu from two women who had recently travelled in Mexico.2 suspected swine flu cases in SA https://web.archive.org/web/20090703160916/http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2508746,00.html 2009-07-03 , News24, April 29, 2009 On June 18, the first case was confirmed. Later, on 29 June the South African National Department of Health confirmed 7 cases of swine influenza in the country.Seven Confirmed Cases of Swine Flu in SA, Mail & Guardian, June 29, 2009. Accessed 2009-08-03. Archived 2009-09-08. The first death in South Africa was confirmed on 3 August. The victim was a student at the University of Stellenbosch. A few days later the second confirmed death was announced: a male in Durban, Mount EdgecombeCape Times http://www.capetimes.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=nw20090803143947888C413989 https://www.webcitation.org/5jeJJrvGa?url=http://www.capetimes.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=nw20090803143947888C413989 2009-09-09 live 2009-08-03 As of December 14, 2009, South Africa had 12631 cases with 91 deaths. The H1N1 virus was a concern for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which took place in June 2010 but there were not any major issues with the flu during the tournament.http://health.iafrica.com/healthnews/2256901.htm iafrica.com Winter raises H1N1 fears iAfrica.com 2010-03-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20100507122616/http://health.iafrica.com/healthnews/2256901.htm 2010-05-07 deadhttp://www.goal.com/en/news/1863/world-cup-2010/2010/02/16/1793220/world-cup-2010-swine-flu-threat-in-mind FINISHED: World Cup 2010: Swine Flu Threat In Mind - Goal.com Goal.com Sudan The first case of swine flu in Sudan was confirmed in mid-July 2009. At the end of November the first case was confirmed in Southern Sudan.http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article33344 WHO confirms first case of swine influenza in South Sudan sudantribune.com 2010-01-02 2021-04-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20210411014114/https://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article33344 dead As of December 28, 2009, there were five deaths and over 150 confirmed cases of swine flu in Sudan.http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article33613 Sudan confirms five swine flu deaths sudantribune.com 2010-01-02 2021-03-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20210316044858/https://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article33613 dead Zambia An emergency task force was set up by the Zambian government. Timeline 2009A(H1N1) Outbreak and Pandemic Milestones in Africa 2 JuneEgypt First case confirmed in Egypt. 12 June Morocco First case confirmed in Morocco. 18 June South Africa First case confirmed in South Africa. 19 June Ethiopia First case confirmed in Ethiopia. 20 June Algeria First case confirmed in Algeria. 22 June Tunisia First case confirmed in Tunisia. 24 June Cape Verde First case confirmed in the Cape Verde Islands. Côte d'Ivoire First case confirmed in Côte d'Ivoire. 29 June Kenya First case confirmed in Kenya. Mauritius First case confirmed in Mauritius. 30 June Egypt Community outbreaks confirmed in Egypt. 2 July Uganda First case confirmed in Uganda. 6 July Libya 1977 First case confirmed in Libya. 8 July Seychelles First case confirmed in Seychelles. 9 July Tanzania First case confirmed in Tanzania.10 July Botswana First case confirmed in Botswana. Réunion First case confirmed in Reunion. Zimbabwe First case confirmed in Zimbabwe.16 July Sudan First case confirmed in Sudan. Morocco Community outbreaks confirmed in Morocco. 19 July Egypt First death confirmed in Egypt, thus Africa. 20 July Namibia First case confirmed in Namibia. 25 July South Africa Community outbreaks confirmed in South Africa. 28 July Zambia First case confirmed in Zambia. 29 July Swaziland First case confirmed in Swaziland. 30 July Gabon First case confirmed in Gabon. 1 August Mayotte First case confirmed in Mayotte. 3 August South Africa First death confirmed in South Africa. 6 August Ghana First case confirmed in Ghana. 9 August Algeria Community outbreaks confirmed in Algeria. 10 August Mauritius First death confirmed in Mauritius.14 August Cameroon First case confirmed in Cameroon. Madagascar First case confirmed in Madagascar. 15 August DR Congo First case confirmed in Democratic Republic of the Congo. 17 August Mozambique First case confirmed in Mozambique. 26 August Angola First case confirmed in Angola.31 August Djibouti First case confirmed in Djibouti.1 September Lesotho First case confirmed in Lesotho. Réunion First death confirmed in Reunion.7 September Namibia First death confirmed in Namibia. 8 September Madagascar First death confirmed in Madagascar. 10 September Malawi 1964 First case confirmed in Malawi. 14 September Mozambique First death confirmed in Mozambique. 6 October Tanzania First death confirmed in Tanzania.12 October Rwanda First case confirmed in Rwanda. São Tomé and Príncipe First case confirmed in São Tomé and Príncipe. 15 October Mayotte First death confirmed in Mayotte. 18 October Sudan First death confirmed in Sudan. 25 October São Tomé and Príncipe First death confirmed in São Tomé and Príncipe.29 October Congo First case confirmed in the Republic of the Congo. Nigeria First case confirmed in Nigeria. 1 November Morocco Mass vaccinations in Morocco begins 3 November Egypt Mass vaccinations in Egypt begins 11 November Burundi First case confirmed in Burundi. 13 November Somalia First case confirmed in Somalia. 16 November Tunisia First death confirmed in Tunisia. Morocco First death confirmed in Morocco. 27 November Algeria First death confirmed in Algeria. 30 November Libya 1977 First death confirmed in Libya.2010A(H1N1) Outbreak and Pandemic Milestones in Africa 5 January Nigeria First death confirmed in Nigeria. 11 January Mali First case confirmed in Mali. 29 January Chad First case confirmed in Chad. 3 February Mauritania 1959 First case confirmed in Mauritania. 9 February Senegal First case confirmed in Senegal. 25 February Niger First case confirmed in Niger. 12 April Guinea First case confirmed in Guinea. References 3 Africa Category:2009 in Africa Category:Health disasters in Africa