A well organised, automatically updated, and easy to read, easy to understand timeline of events, from new case confirmations, new infections, and school closings to technical details on the H1N1 Swine Influenza/Flu pandemic. This site also provides automated translations of foreign language articles for English speaking readers.

On August 10, 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee and the WHO Director-General, Dr. Margaret Chan, declared an end to the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. This declaration was based on strong indications that influenza, worldwide, is transitioning toward seasonal patterns of transmission.

In the majority of countries, out-of-season 2009 H1N1 outbreaks are no longer being observed, and the intensity of 2009 H1N1 influenza virus transmission is lower than that reported during 2009 and early 2010. Members of the Emergency Committee further noted that the 2009 H1N1 viruses will likely continue to circulate for some years to come, taking on the behavior of a seasonal influenza virus.

This does not mean that the H1N1 virus has disappeared. Rather, it means current influenza outbreaks including those primarily caused by the 2009 H1N1 virus, show an intensity similar to that seen during seasonal epidemics. Pandemics, like the viruses that cause them, are unpredictable. WHO noted that continued vigilance is extremely important, and it is likely that the virus will continue to cause serious disease in younger age groups and pregnant women, at least in the immediate post-pandemic period.

A woman suspected of having contracted the Influenza A H1N1 otherwise called as swine flu and was admitted to the special ward at the Kanyakumari Government Medical College Hospital, Asaripalam died here on Monday.

Medical college sources said Virgin Mary (44) of Neroodi Thurai near the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border was admitted to the KGMCH four days ago. She was transferred on Sunday to the Influenza special ward with breathing difficulty and died on Monday morning without responding to treatment.

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source: The Orange County Health Department said Friday a 74-year-old woman died from the swine flu.

source: A Quebec man who recently returned from a trip to Cuba has died after contracting the H1N1 virus.

The Shawinigan resident, who was in his fifties, was not vaccinated against the virus.

source: Another report of a fatality linked to the influenza A (H1N1) virus has been received by the Health Ministry Friday, said the Director-General of Health, Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican.

A 34-year-old woman became the first in Bangladesh to die from complications of the A/H1N1 flu this year.

Mahmudur Rahman, head of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research under the Health Ministry, told Xinhua on Monday, “Rumana Jahangir died on Friday after suffering from A/ H1N1 flu.”

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source: A four-year-old girl from Sibu, Sarawak, died of A(H1N1)-related complications on Sunday, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said.

The girl died from pneumonia and blood poisoning at the Sibu Hospital.

Another death due to Influenza A (H1N1) was reported in the country yesterday involving a 42-year-old lawyer from Johor.

Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said today the man died while receiving treatment at a private hospital in Johor Baharu.

source: A Malaysian woman and her pregnant daughter have died from swine flu, but the baby born to the younger woman is free of the virus.

Florida: A 51-year-old Daytona Beach man’s death last week was confirmed Thursday as related to the swine flu, Volusia County’s seventh fatality from the new strain, according to the state Health Department.

Oklahoma: The death brings the number of H1N1 deaths in the state to 44 since the new virus emerged last April.

Florida: A 73-year-old woman became the second Marion County resident to die of H1N1 flu, according to the Marion County Health Department.

United States: CDC Week 12 —
The proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza (P&I) was slightly above the epidemic threshold.

source: New influenza A (H1N1) cluster cases have been detected throughout the country, putting the Health Ministry on high alert. And for the first time, staff of a government hospital were also infected.

South Carolina is one of three Southern states reporting an uptick in H1N1 flu that health officials are investigating.

Alabama and Georgia also are seeing an increase, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Alabama: A man who died this week in Etowah County is believed to be the first death here from H1N1 flu, Mark Johnson, assistant area administrator for Public Health Area 5, said Friday.

Sarasota, FL: For the first time in more than three months, an H1N1 flu-related death has been recorded in the Bradenton-Sarasota area.

Illinois: 1 new death.

source: Just when you thought spring was officially here, parts of Arkansas receive another round of snowfall. Now, state health officials are warning of a spike in the number of H1N1 cases, as well.

Over the past two weeks, the Arkansas Department of Health reports seeing an increase of positive results for the H1N1 flu virus. This raises concern over the possibility that flu activity is making a comeback.

source: A Lafayette County child has died of influenza, the state Department of Health reported today.

The Health Department did not give the name or exact age of the victim, but identified the youth as 18 years old or younger.