2009 flu pandemic in Asia
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The 2009 flu pandemic in Asia, part of an
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in 2009 of a new strain of
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causing what has been commonly called
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, afflicted at least 394,133
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in
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with 2,137 confirmed deaths: there were 1,035 deaths confirmed in India, 737 deaths in
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
, 415 deaths in
Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
, 192 deaths in
Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
, and 170 deaths in
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
. Among the Asian countries,
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
had the most confirmed cases, followed by
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
,
Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
, and
Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
.


Azerbaijan

On 27 April 2009
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imposed a ban on import of
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products from the
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. AZAL took additional safety measures and a sanitary quarantine unit of the Health Ministry started to operate in
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with all aircraft and passengers being checked. On 31 July, the first case of influenza A (H1N1) was confirmed.


Bahrain

In July, the Ministry of Health launched an awareness campaign ahead of the start of the
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, with many fearing the reopening of schools would lead to a much greater outbreak of the flu. By early August, 18 confirmed cases of the flu were reported.
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travel agencies reported that thousands of Bahraini pilgrims cancelled their trips to
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over fears of contracting swine flu. Over 180 confirmed cases of the flu were reported in late August, all of whom had returned from traveling abroad. On 31 August, a 30-year-old Filipino
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died after contracting the H1N1 virus, becoming Bahrain's first confirmed death as a result of the virus. On 3 September, it was reported that a 24-year-old Bahraini man died after succumbing to the H1N1 virus, being the first Bahraini to die of the disease. On 8 September, it was announced that patients with flu-like symptoms would be treated with
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nationwide, regardless of having a fever or not. It was also announced that a million doses of the swine flu vaccine were ordered. The Bahraini Ministry of Education had decided to postpone the opening of schools until October as a precaution, a decision that drew criticism from the
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. In November 2009, the government stated that up to 1,346 cases of the H1N1 virus were confirmed in the country, along with 15,000 suspected cases of the virus.


Bangladesh

As of 22 August 98 cases of the A (H1N1) virus were confirmed in Bangladesh.


Burma (Myanmar)

On 1 May 2009 Chairman of Global Human Flu Prevention and Response Work Committee Deputy Minister for Health Dr Mya Oo inspected preventive measures against the human flu at
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, Burma (also known as Myanmar). On 27 June, Burmese state-run Radio Myanmar confirmed the first case of influenza A/H1N1 – a 13-year-old girl who just returned from a trip to Singapore.


China

The first suspected case found on mainland China was reported on 11 May 2009. As of 29 July 2009, the number of confirmed A/H1N1 cases on the Chinese mainland topped 2,000, with no deaths or serious cases reported, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH). Of the total 2,003 confirmed cases, 1,853 had recovered, said a statement on the MOH website. The
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(AQSIQ) of China issued an emergency notice on the evening of 26 April that visitors returning from flu-affected areas who experienced flu-like symptoms within two weeks would be quarantined. In early September 2009, China's
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granted approval to a homegrown
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vaccine, which producer
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claimed to be effective after only one dose. On 4 January 2010, the Chinese Health Ministry announced that 659 deaths from swine flu have been recorded in 2009, with 120,940 confirmed detected cases throughout the year.


Cyprus

Cyprus identified its first case of H1N1 on 30 May in a 39-year-old woman from
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, living in Cyprus, who returned from the United States on 28 May. As of 11 July 250 cases were confirmed in Cyprus.


Hong Kong

The
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of
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issued travel advice for Mexico on 26 April 2009, which advised Hong Kong residents not to travel to Mexico unless absolutely necessary. The first case reported was a Mexican who flew in from
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. The Bureau also escalated the alert level from "alert" to "serious" on the same day, which activated health protection measures in all
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of Hong Kong. As such, temperature screening machines were used at all checkpoints to identify passengers with fever and respiratory symptoms. Any passenger who failed the temperature test and was confirmed as having a fever was quarantined and sent to public hospital for further investigation. Hong Kong also became one of the first jurisdictions to declare swine flu as a
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, and much of the procedures against the spread of the swine flu were learned from the
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, of which Hong Kong was the epicenter of the outbreak. The
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stated that special attention will be paid to passengers who came from countries where human infection of swine influenza cases were reported. On 1 May, one case became the first confirmed case of swine flu in Hong Kong and also the first in Asia after being tested positive by
the University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fir ...
and the Department of Health of Hong Kong. The Mexican patient, who travelled with two companions from Mexico to Hong Kong with a stopover in Shanghai
Pudong Airport Shanghai Pudong International Airport is one of two international airports serving Shanghai and a major aviation hub of East Asia. Pudong Airport serves both international flights and a smaller number of domestic fights, while the city's othe ...
, arrived in Hong Kong on 30 April. Metropark Hotel
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, where the patient stayed, was cordoned off by the police and health officials from the
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. All 350 guests and hotel staff had to remain inside the hotel for seven days. After the first swine flu case was confirmed by laboratory, Chief Executive
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raised Hong Kong's response level from "serious" to "emergency". As of 27 August 2009, there have been 10,468 confirmed cases of swine flu in the city.


India

The
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decided to screen all people entering India via the main airport hubs of
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,
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,
Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...
,
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,
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,
Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
,
Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
,
Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
and
Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
, with the primary focus being passengers entering from the
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, United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, France, and New Zealand. All in all, 50,000 people were affected by the virus, with 2,700 confirmed deaths.


Indonesia

After a coordination meeting about the flu on 27 April 2009, the
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
n government halted the importation of pigs and initiated the examination of 9 million pigs in Indonesia.
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s, which can detect human body temperature, were installed at Indonesian ports of entry. Temperatures above 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 Fahrenheit) cause the devices to beep, indicating fever. As of 18 August 2009, one death was reported.


Israel and the

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Over 4000 cases were confirmed in Israel, and over 60 people died. In response to the outbreak, the Israeli Deputy
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,
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, said that because ''swine'' are unclean, the outbreak needed to be renamed; and so in Israel, out of respect for the religious sensibilities of Muslims, it was called "Mexican Flu". This was done so as to not confuse the population into thinking that they could not acquire the virus if they did not eat pork. The Israeli government retracted this proposal following Mexican complaints.


Japan

The
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of Japan instructed animal quarantine offices across Japan to examine any live pigs being brought into Japan to make sure they were not infected with the influenza. Japanese Agriculture Minister
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appeared on television to reassure customers that it was safe to eat pork.MOFA issues red travel alert for Mexico on swine fluu
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The Japanese farm ministry said that it would not ask for restrictions on pork imports because the virus was unlikely to turn up in pork, and would be killed by cooking. On 8 May, the first three cases were confirmed. The infected patients had spent time in Oakville, Canada and returned to Japan via
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. On 10 May, another case was confirmed from a student who came from a school trip to Canada, making it the fourth case in Japan. There have been 944 case confirmed in Japan as of 24 June 2009. On 2 July, the first case of
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-resistant virus in Asia was announced in Japan, in a woman who had been taking Tamiflu prophylactically.


Kazakhstan

The first cases of A (H1N1) virus were discovered in 3 students from the capital Astana according to Natalia Buenko, an advisor to the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan.


Laos

The Lao government agreed to buy 10 thermal imaging machines and install them at the country's major immigration border checkpoints. The machines would help officials identify anyone entering the country with a high temperature and create confidence among Laotians, foreigners living in
Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
and people traveling to Laos. Health officials would be on hand at international border checkpoints to ensure anyone found to be infected could be treated immediately. Each machine could cost about US$25,000. The decision to buy them was made after the government found visitors to Laos included people coming from the United States, Spain and other affected countries. The Prime Minister
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said masks should be made available and health officials would be assigned to work at border checkpoints. Health officials would be on hand at international border checkpoints to ensure anyone found to be infected could be treated immediately. On 18 June, the first case in Laos was confirmed.


Lebanon

A Lebanese man suffering from a serious illness died from the H1N1 swine flu strain on Thursday 30 July 2009, which makes the first death in Lebanon, Health Minister Mohammad Khalifeh told Reuters. The 30-year-old victim had been receiving treatment for leukemia when he contracted the virus, possibly from relatives who had just traveled from Australia to Lebanon, the minister said. Lebanon has recorded more than 100 cases of H1N1.


Malaysia

Malaysia detected the first case of influenza A(H1N1) on 15 May 2009 in a 21-year-old student who returned from the United States. As of 11 August 2009 there were 2,253 confirmed cases in Malaysia. The Health Ministry announced that from 12 August 2009 they had discontinued the counting of the total number of H1N1 cases in line with guidelines issued by the
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.


Maldives

The first death from H1N1 flu virus was confirmed on 19 November.


Mongolia

The Mongolian Health Ministry sought to prevent the spread of swine flu in Mongolia by urging people to avoid public places. As of 22 October 126 cases were confirmed in Mongolia. Just after seven days, the number increased to 394 with five deaths.


North Korea

Most defectors with backgrounds in health care agree that, considering the isolation of North Korean society and its highly inadequate health care system, incidents of swine flu are likely to be either suppressed or merely misdiagnosed. Following the confirmation of the first case of the disease in Mongolia, heightened concerns arose. On 16 November, the first known case was confirmed by the
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, released in a report by ''
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''. The first case was confirmed in a South Korean worker in Gaeseong Industrial Complex.


Oman

As of 13 August 2009, 337 cases have been confirmed by the National Pandemic Influenza Committee in Oman.


Pakistan

There were 90 confirmed cases as of 26 January 2010.


Philippines

Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III ordered the Bureau of Quarantine to use thermal imaging equipment at airports to screen passengers coming from the US for flu symptoms. The Philippines may quarantine travelers arriving from Mexico with fevers. Also, the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture issued an order banning the importation of hogs from the U.S. and Mexico, and the retraction of the restriction of swine influenza vaccine use. The medical alert phase is already Code White, the lowest. On 18 May 2009, a Filipina girl who arrived from
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, United States was the first confirmed case of H1N1 virus in the Philippines. The highest confirmed in one day was on 24 June 2009 with 131 cases. The next day, the confirmed cases added was 123. Because of that, the Department of Health ordered the people that should get swab tests are the only people with very complicated cases (e.g. with
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, hearth disorders,
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etc.). The government said that the very fast spreading of the disease was caused by the population density of the country.


Russia


Saudi Arabia

By 17 August, there have been about 2,000 cases of the flu, resulting in 14 deaths.


Singapore

On 30 April 2009, the
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raised its Disease Outbreak Response System to "Alert Orange". The first case of the H1N1 virus in Singapore was confirmed on 27 May 2009, in which a then 22-year-old woman picked up the virus after visiting
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, United States. As of 7 July 2009, there were 1,217 confirmed cases. As of 17 October 2009, there were 18 confirmed deaths from the H1N1 virus in Singapore. On 12 February 2010, the Singapore Ministry of Health moved its alert level to Green.


Sri Lanka

The first case of Influenza A (H1N1-2009) was confirmed on 16 June 2009 in Sri Lanka.


South Korea

On 28 April, South Korea reported its first probable case of swine flu after positive preliminary tests on a nun who had recently returned from a trip to Mexico. South Korea became the third infected nation in Asia, after Israel and Hong Kong. On 15 August, the first Korean death by the new influenza was confirmed and a second death was announced on 16 August. Around late November 2009, there was a double cases from the US. Around 15000 cases and 14 deaths have been reported as of 12 October 2009.


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On 20 May 2009, the first case of the influenza was confirmed in
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. There were 5,474 confirmed cases of H1N1 in Taiwan.Taiwan to launch on-board flu checks on flights from America
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Thailand


Turkey

The first case of A(H1N1) in Turkey was reported on 16 May 2009. A U.S. citizen, flying from the United States via
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was found to be suffering from the swine flu after arriving
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's Atatürk International Airport. Turkey is the 36th country in the world to report an incident of swine flu. The Turkish Government has taken measures at the international airports, using thermal imaging cameras to check passengers coming from international destinations. As of 11 August, there were 312 confirmed cases in Turkey. As of 24 October, there is 1 confirmed death in Turkey. It is reported by Ministry of Health that one person died in Ankara. In addition, there are 958 confirmed cases in Turkey.


Vietnam

On 31 May 2009, The government of Vietnam announced its first case of A (H1N1) virus in the country.


Yemen

As of 4 July 2009 there have been reported 7 cases of A(H1N1) flu in Yemen.


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Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...
Flu Influenza, commonly known as "the flu", is an infectious disease caused by influenza viruses. Symptoms range from mild to severe and often include fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle pain, headache, coughing, and fatigue. These symptom ...
Flu Influenza, commonly known as "the flu", is an infectious disease caused by influenza viruses. Symptoms range from mild to severe and often include fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle pain, headache, coughing, and fatigue. These symptom ...
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