As of 5 December 2009, 23:00 hours, Cairo time, 43,650 laboratory-confirmed cases of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 were reported to WHO by 22 out of 22 Member States of WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. There are 452 related deaths from Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 reported, so far, from 18 Member States in the Region. These deaths were reported from Islamic Republic of Iran (140), Saudi Arabia (81), Syrian Arab Republic (50), Oman (27),), Kuwait (27), Iraq (26), Yemen (22), Egypt (21),), Afghanistan (14),

With 33 deaths to date, Iran made up about 17 percent of the 188 total deaths in the region since May 2009. Saudi Arabia has had 28 deaths, Oman 25 and Syria 22.

Syria had by far the highest rate of deaths to cases with 9.5 percent of all cases being fatalities. This was

As of 31 October 2009, 23:00 hours, Cairo time, 22,689 laboratory-confirmed cases of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 were reported to WHO by 21 out of 22 Member States of WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. There are 137 related deaths from Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 reported, so far, from 14 member states in the Region. These deaths were reported from Saudi Arabia (28), Oman (25), Yemen (15), Kuwait (17), Islamic Republic of Iran (22), Iraq (7), Bahrain (6), Syrian Arab Republic (6), Egypt (3), Jordan

As of 24 October 2009, 23:00 hours, Cairo time, 17,150 laboratory-confirmed cases of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 were reported to WHO by 21 out of 22 Member States of WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. There are 111 related deaths from Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 reported, so far, from 13 member states in the Region. These deaths were reported from Saudi Arabia (28), Oman (23), Yemen (13), Kuwait (11), Islamic Republic of Iran (16), Bahrain (6), Iraq (4), Egypt (3), Lebanon (2), Syrian Arab Republic

As of 29 August 2009, 23:00 hours, Cairo time, 5,031 laboratory-confirmed cases of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 were reported to WHO by 21 out of 22 Member States of WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. A total of 524 of these reported cases were locally transmitted. Djibouti became the latest country in the Region to report cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009. There are 21 related deaths from Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 reported, so far, from the Region. These deaths were reported from Egypt (1), Iraq (1),

As of 22 August 2009, 23:00 hours, Cairo time, 3,128 laboratory-confirmed cases of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 were reported to the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of WHO by 20 out of 22 Member States of WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. A total of 458 of these reported cases were locally transmitted. There are 10 related deaths from Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, so far, reported from Egypt (1), Iraq (1), Lebanon (1), Palestine (1), Saudi Arabia (4), Qatar (1) and Yemen (1).

Since the last reporting date (16 August

As of 08 August 2009, 23:00 hours, Cairo time, 2532 laboratory-confirmed cases of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 have been reported to WHO Regional Office by 20 Member States of WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. Over 375 of these reported cases were locally transmitted. There are eight related deaths reported from Egypt (1), Saudi Arabia (4), Lebanon (1), Qatar (1) and Iraq (1). On 08 August 2009, Iraq became the 5th country in EMR to report a fatal case of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection.

Since the last reporting period, an additional

As of 29 July 2009, 23:00 hours, Cairo time, 1301 laboratory-confirmed cases of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 have been reported to WHO Regional Office by 19 Member States of WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. A total of 294 of these reported cases were locally transmitted. There is one related death reported from Egypt on 19 July 2009.

Since the last reporting period, an additional 92 laboratory-confirmed cases of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 were reported from 6 Member States: Bahrain (6), Egypt (9), Iraq (13), Jordan (3), Kuwait

1. Highlights

- The first death from pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region was reported on 19 July 2009 from Egypt;

- On 17 July 2009 Sudan became the latest Country in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region to report its first cases of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection. This leaves only 3 countries in the Region (Djibouti, Pakistan and Somalia) without reported cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection;

- The first laboratory-confirmed case from the WHO-Eastern Mediterranean Region was notified in Kuwait on 25