Global Swine Flu Toll 6000, 199 Countries Affected
Posted on Nov 07, 2009 by Reena Daruwalla | Comments 0
The World Health Organisation has said that the global death toll from the H1N1 Swine flu pandemic has crossed the 6000 mark and reached at least 6,071 as on November 1. Countries all over the world, 199 to be precise have come within the ambit of the Swine flu pandemic.
Central America and Latin America still account for the highest number of fatalities with 4,399 deaths according to this AFP report. According to the WHO, there is “increasing and active transmission” of pandemic influenza virus across Northern and Eastern Europe, including Ukraine and Belarus, as well as in eastern Russia and the pandemic is also gaining intensity in Mongolia, Oman, Afghanistan and Japan, especially on the northern island.
However, it is heartening to note that in tropical areas of Central and South America, as well as parts of south and southeast Asia, this pandemic appears to be on the wane somewhat.
Meanwhile in India, there were three more deaths reported yesterday that resulted from Swine flu, and the national death toll is now up to 489 in the country. The total number of people affected with the contagious virus is at 14,340. Till date, samples from 75,516 people have been tested for Influenza A (H1N1) in government laboratories and a few private laboratories across the country and 14,340 of them have been found positive, according to a statement quoted in this report.
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