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Positive test reports in selected Member States in the
week of July 25 to August 01, 2010
At
SEARO, we collect number of positive test reports for Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 on
weekly basis. Bangladesh
has recently started to report the number of new cases on a monthly
basis.
During the period of July 26 to August 01:
 Five
countries in the region, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, India, Nepal,
and Thailand
reported confirmed cases of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009.
No
confirmed cases of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 were reported in, DPR Korea, Indonesia, Myanmar,
Maldives, and Sri Lanka.
No
cases of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 were reported in Democratic Republic of Korea
during the period of July 12-18, 2010 and the report of the following week
was not available.
Reports
for the Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 activity for the week of July 26-August 01 in
Timor Leste and Thailand
were not available.
In India, since June 2010, there has been a surge in
number of positive test reports mostly from South and West part of India.
During the week of July 26 to August 01, a total of 629 confirmed cases
[States of Maharashtra (273), Karnataka (109), Andhra Pradesh (56), and
Kerala (50)] and 58 deaths [Maharashtra (35)
and Kerala (10] were reported. There have been increased reports of cases of
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in West Bengal, a total of 44 confirmed cases and two
deaths were reported in that state during the period July 26-August 01.The
Government of India (GOI) reported that the trend is increasing due to
monsoon season when the ILI activity is expected to be high.
In Bhutan, there was a sudden increase in number of
reported cases during May/ June, 2010 and Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 activity is
still ongoing in parts of Bhutan.
Twenty-one more new confirmed cases were reported during July 26-30.
In Nepal, 6 cases were reported in the week of July
25-31 from a prison in Biratnagar. While it indicates that institution-level
outbreak still pose a problem, the likelihood of community-level transmission
in Nepal
can not be ruled out.
In Bangladesh, 60 new cases were reported during the
period of July 26-August 01; no deaths were reported during that period.
In Thailand, from total 916 registered hospitals under
ILI surveillance, on-time reports were received from 641 hospitals
(70.0%): 351 hospitals in 71 provinces
reported ILI patients constitute 5-10% of their cases and 92 hospitals in 42
provinces reported > 10% (Central region: 18 provinces; Northern region: 6
provinces; Northeastern region: 9 provinces; and Southern region: 9
provinces. Overall in week 30 (July 25-31), trend is still higher than
threshold of 5% and higher as compared to previous weeks.
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