Author: Lakshmi Yajurvedi

Somalia reported its 1st cases of H1N1, while Lithuania, Switzerland, Macedonia, Maldives, Madagascar, Romania, Estonia, and Denmark reported their 1st deaths. The World Health Organization

Burundi and Greenlandhave reported their 1st cases of H1N1, whileNorth Cyprus, Bosnia,Poland, Kosovo, Tunisia, and Morocco have reported their 1st H1N1 deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended early administration of antiviral medicines to

Sri Lanka,Pakistan,Slovakia, and St. Luciareported their first H1N1 deaths, whileNigeria,the Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Armenia reported their 1st cases of H1N1. Last week, Ukraine (population 46 million)

Afghanistan, Ukraine, Moldova, Croatia, Belarus, Slovenia,Austria, and the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland andYukon reported their first H1N1 deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported the number of global H1N1 deaths jumped to over 5,700 worldwide.

Serbia, theCzech Republic,Turkey,Finland,Russia, and the U.S. state of North Dakotahave all reported their first H1N1 deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that there have

Trinidad & Tobago andIceland have reported their first H1N1 deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that the ongoing H1N1 pandemic remains a cause for concern because of

Germany, Cuba, Tanzania,Jordan and Tibet reported their first H1N1 deaths. WHO reported that over 340,000 people have been infected worldwide and more than 4,525 have died. Concerns about H1N1 developing resistance

Bulgaria, China, andPortugal reported their first H1N1 deaths. Twenty-five states, counties and cities in the U.S. started receiving shipmentsof the H1N1 vaccine this week. Due to the limitedquantities available,

Germany, Cambodia, and Barbadosreported their first H1N1 deaths as theglobal death toll approached 4,000. Unpublished researchusing Canadian data has reportedly found that individuals who received the seasonal flu

Martinique, Mozambique, Russia and the state of Kentucky reported their first deaths from H1N1. The WHO reported that theglobal swine flu death toll has reached 3,486, with the Americas region having