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At least 8768 H1N1 deaths world wide – WHO

Dec 23, 2009 News

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there are 8768 H1N1 (Swine Flu) related deaths worldwide, with more than 207 countries with laboratory confirmed cases. Despite these numbers, however, influenza transmission remains geographically widespread tropical zones of Central and South America and the Caribbean. The WHO website did however note that overall disease activity has been declining.
The website also noted that because many countries have stopped counting individual cases “particularly of milder illness,” the case count  could possibly be considerably lower than the actual number of cases that have occurred.
“WHO is actively monitoring the progress of the pandemic through frequent consultations with the WHO Regional Offices and member states and through monitoring of multiple sources of data.”
In this regard, as of November of this year, there have been 23 confirmed H1N1 cases in Guyana.  Last week at a press conference, Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, said that 240,000 doses of H1N1 vaccines are expected to arrive in Guyana this coming January.

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