2009 swine flu pandemic in Portugal

none 700px|thumb|right|Graph of cases and deaths in Portugal The 2009 flu pandemic, an influenza outbreak commonly known as "swine flu", affected Portugal from May 2009 to early 2010. The outbreak caused 122 deaths in the country. __TOC__ Course of the outbreak On 4 May, there was one confirmed case in Lisbon, Portugal, but it did not represent any concern, because the risk of transmission was no longer present at that time.Confirmado primeiro caso de Gripe A em Portugal - PUBLICO.PT http://ultimahora.publico.clix.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1378416&idCanal=62 https://web.archive.org/web/20090507111523/http://ultimahora.publico.clix.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1378416&idCanal=62 2009-05-07 dead 2009-08-06 On 1 June, Ana Jorge, the Portuguese Health Minister, confirmed the second case in Portugal, a 33-year-old man who travelled from the United States, first landing in Frankfurt, Germany. The case was reported at São João Hospital, Porto.Second case of swine flu in Portugal http://tv1.rtp.pt/noticias/?t=Ministra-Ana-Jorge-confirma-segundo-caso-de-gripe-A-em-Portugal.rtp&article=223695&visual=3&layout=10&tm=2 https://web.archive.org/web/20110718035928/http://tv1.rtp.pt/noticias/?t=Ministra-Ana-Jorge-confirma-segundo-caso-de-gripe-A-em-Portugal.rtp&article=223695&visual=3&layout=10&tm=2 2011-07-18 live 2009-08-06 On 30 June, five new cases were announced in Portugal elevating the total number of cases to 18.https://diariodigital.sapo.pt/news.asp?section_id=62&id_news=396657 Gripe A: Confirmado o 18º caso em Portugal | Saúde | Diário Digital Diariodigital.sapo.pt 2012-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721124857/http://diariodigital.sapo.pt/news.asp?section_id=62&id_news=396657 2011-07-21 dead The first known cases resulting from human-to-human transmission were reported on 4 July (one in Azores, and the other one in Lisbon).Primeiro caso de contágio interno de Gripe A https://tsf.sapo.pt/PaginaInicial/Portugal/Interior.aspx?content_id=1294602 https://web.archive.org/web/20090819133344/http://tsf.sapo.pt/PaginaInicial/Portugal/Interior.aspx?content_id=1294602 2009-08-19 dead 2018-07-28 On 7 July, the first school was closed down for prevention, in Lisbon, as well as a kindergarten in Azores. The next day the first case was confirmed in the Braga district, making the total cases 61. As of 14 July, there were a total of 96 confirmed cases in Portugal.http://www.jornaldigital.com/noticias.php?noticia=18908 Noticias online em tempo real Jornal Digital 2009-07-14 2012-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20110713120231/http://www.jornaldigital.com/noticias.php?noticia=18908 2011-07-13 dead On this day, it was also announced that Faro's Hospital would join, on 15 July, the set of hospitals in the country capable of receiving patients infected with the A/H1N1 flu virus. http://ultimahora.publico.clix.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1391763&idCanal=62 https://archive.today/20120719145954/http://ultimahora.publico.clix.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1391763&idCanal=62 dead 2012-07-19 Hospital de Faro junta-se amanhã às unidades de referência para a gripe A - PÚBLICO Ultimahora.publico.clix.pt 2009-07-14 2012-12-01 Total cases rose to 154 on 20 July.https://tvnet.sapo.pt/noticias/detalhes.php?id=46159 Gripe A: Portugal com mais de 150 casos - TVNET.PT Tvnet.sapo.pt 2009-07-20 2012-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20130518180956/http://tvnet.sapo.pt/noticias/detalhes.php?id=46159 2013-05-18 dead Government officials stated that the worst-case scenario in Portugal would be 25% infection with a mortality of 0.1%, i.e. 8700 deaths.https://dn.sapo.pt/inicio/portugal/interior.aspx?content_id=1311206 Pesquisa SAPO dn 2009-12-06 2012-12-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090927020629/http://dn.sapo.pt/inicio/portugal/interior.aspx?content_id=1311206 2009-09-27 The outbreak started to spread more rapidly in September; on the 13th, Portugal had 9618 cases officially confirmed. The first death was reported on 23 September.A/H1N1 Swine Flu (Influenza) Timeline | September 24: Portugal (PT): First death confirmed http://trancy.net/2009/09/24/september-24-portugal-pt-first-death-confirmed https://web.archive.org/web/20100616011316/http://trancy.net/2009/09/24/september-24-portugal-pt-first-death-confirmed/ 2010-06-16 dead 2015-12-17 By 28 October, there had been four deaths - two men, one woman and one childMorreu hoje a primeira criança com Gripe A em Portugal - Portugal https://web.archive.org/web/20091031040425/http://dn.sapo.pt/inicio/portugal/interior.aspx?content_id=1403827 2009-10-31 . DN - and there were more than 25,000 cases confirmed. As of 4 December, there were 121,677 cases confirmed and 24 deaths. The final death toll, reported in May 2010, was 122.Number of fatal cases http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/H1N1/epidemiological_data/Pages/number_confirmed_fatal_2009_pandemic_influenza_cases.aspx ECDC 17 December 2015 References Portugal Category:Health disasters in Portugal Category:2009 in Portugal Category:2009 disasters in Portugal