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    <TABLE id=table-cases cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 summary="Tableau 1 : Sommaire des cas d?infection du virus H1N1 confirm?s en laboratoire tels que signal?s par les provinces et territoires ? l?Agence de la sant? publique du Canada, en date du 5 juin 2009 15 h (HAE)."><TBODY><TR><TD scope=row>Nunavut</TD><TD class=alignCenter vAlign=bottom>19 new cases </TD><TD class=alignCenter vAlign=bottom>25 total</TD><TD class=alignCenter>0</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


    Flu (influenza) symptoms for adults and children, when you can spread the flu, if you get sick, how it is diagnosed and treatment.

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    Re: Nunavut: 19 new cases - 25 total

    19 new swine flu cases confirmed in Nunavut

    Last Updated: Monday, June 8, 2009 | 12:28 PM CT Comments2Recommend9

    CBC News




    Nunavut chief medical officer Dr. Isaac Sobol said he expects the number of swine flu cases in the territory to keep climbing over the next two weeks. (CBC)

    Stepped-up monitoring of swine flu in Nunavut has turned up 19 new cases, health officials said Monday.

    All the new cases came from communities in the Kitikmeot and Kivalliq regions, according to the territory's Health Department.

    Officials said the spike in cases is due in part to heightened surveillance efforts for swine flu, which is caused by the H1N1 influenza virus.

    The latest cases bring Nunavut's swine flu total to 25. Chief medical officer Dr. Isaac Sobol said he expects that number to keep climbing this week and next.

    Swine flu was first confirmed in Nunavut on May 28. Since then, health-care workers across the territory have been testing every patient with flu-like symptoms for the H1N1 virus.

    Despite the rising number of swine flu cases, Sobol maintained that the disease is no more serious than before.

    A total five patients from Nunavut have been sent to hospital due to swine flu, but Sobol said all five are recovering.

    In a release, Health Minister Tagak Curley asked Nunavummiut to stay home if they are ill and take other precautions to curb the spread of the H1N1 virus.

    "I know this is a season of gatherings for communities," Curley said. "There are graduations, fishing derbies and other important events, but it is very important to stay home if you are sick."

    As of Friday, 2,115 lab-confirmed cases of swine flu have been reported across Canada, including 308 new cases reported between Wednesday and Friday.

    Three people have died of swine flu in Canada since the outbreak began in late April.

    Among Canada's other northern territories, the Yukon has confirmed one case of swine flu, while the Northwest Territories have confirmed two cases.

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      Re: Nunavut: 19 new cases - 25 total

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        Re: Nunavut: 19 new cases - 25 total

        'Very close to knowing' if swine flu at pandemic level: WHO

        Situation in Canada's aboriginal communities of 'great concern,' WHO warns

        Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 | 12:45 PM ET Comments8Recommend19

        CBC News


        The World Health Organization is moving closer to declaring a pandemic of swine flu but wants to avoid excessive panic surrounding such a declaration, the agency's top flu expert said Tuesday.
        "One critical issue is we do not want people to 'over-panic' if they hear we are in a pandemic situation," Keiji Fukuda, acting WHO assistant director-general, told a news conference in Geneva.

        WHO is concerned about sustained spread of swine flu in countries such as Australia, which had 1,051 cases as of Monday.

        To move its pandemic alert from the current Phase 5 to Phase 6 or a full-blown pandemic, the agency is looking for confirmed spread in the community in a second region outside of North America.
        WHO worried about Canada's aboriginal communities

        Fukuda noted the situation in Canada's aboriginal communities is of "great concern."

        As of Monday, Canada had a total of 2,446 confirmed cases. Of these, the more severe cases are concentrated among people from northern and aboriginal communities, and those with underlying health conditions.

        In Manitoba, for example, as of Sunday night, 26 people were in intensive care for swine flu and more than half of those were of aboriginal descent.

        On Monday, Nunavut reported 19 new cases, raising the total in the territory to 25. So far, the Yukon has one confirmed case and the Northwest Territories has two.

        It's not clear what factors might be causing more severe cases in northern and aboriginal communities.
        Possibilities include:
        • Genetics.
        • Underlying chronic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes.
        • Poor living conditions like overcrowded housing and lack of running water.
        There have been three deaths linked to swine flu in Canada so far.
        WHO is concerned that vulnerable populations in South America and Africa could also be hit hard.

        The number of deaths reported from swine flu worldwide has reached 140, and the number of cases has increased to 26,563 in 70 countries since the outbreak first appeared in Mexico in May.

        "We are getting really very close to knowing that we are in a pandemic situation," Fukuda said.

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          Re: Nunavut: 19 new cases - 25 total

          The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq

          Minister of Health

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          Leona Aglukkaq was first elected to the House of Commons in 2008.

          Prior to entering federal politics, Ms. Aglukkaq represented the district of Nattilik in the Nunavut Legislative Assembly since 2004. She served as the territorial Minister of Finance and House Leader. She also held the post of Minister of Health and Social Services.

          Ms. Aglukkaq has served in numerous roles in the governments of both the Northwest Territories and Nunavut including that of Deputy Clerk of the Legislative Assembly and Deputy Minister for Culture, Language, Elders and Youth. She has served on the Arctic College Board of Governors, the Nunavut Impact Review Board and the Northwest Territories Science Institute.

          Ms. Aglukkaq resides in Gjoa Haven and Iqaluit, Nunavut, with her husband Robert and their son.

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          • #6
            Re: Nunavut: 28 new cases - 53 total

            Nunavut's swine flu count jumps to 53

            Source: CBC News

            Posted: 06/09/09 1:21PM

            Filed Under: Canada

            The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Nunavut more than doubled from 25 to 53 on Tuesday, with six people in hospital as a result of the H1N1 influenza virus.

            Health officials in Nunavut say the jump in cases is the result of heightened surveillance since swine flu was first confirmed in the territory on May 28.

            Twenty-eight new cases have been lab-confirmed since Monday, when 19 new cases of swine flu were reported. The number of hospitalized cases has also risen by one since Monday.

            All the new cases are in the Kivalliq and Kitikmeot regions, which are in the central and western parts of the territory. The Health Department has not identified any of the patients or which communities they are from, citing privacy.

            Chief medical officer Dr. Isaac Sobol said in all cases the patients, including those in hospital, are recovering from the illness, and stressed that there's no need to panic about the rising number.

            Since the first case was reported, health-care workers across Nunavut have been testing every patient with flu-like symptoms for the H1N1 virus. Health officials said they plan to continue enhanced surveillance until June 15.

            The spike in cases in Nunavut, which has a mostly Inuit population, has become a concern for the World Health Organization.

            Keiji Fukuda, WHO's acting assistant director general, told reporters in Geneva the situation in Canada's Inuit communities is of "great concern."
            Nunavut has a population of about 29,500, about 85 per cent of which is Inuit.

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            • #7
              Re: Nunavut: 43 new cases - 96 total

              Nunavut reports 43 new swine flu cases

              Last Updated: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 | 4:15 PM CT Comments0Recommend0

              CBC News


              Nunavut health officials confirmed 43 more cases of swine flu on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases to 96.

              In a release filed Wednesday afternoon, the Nunavut Health Department said 75 per cent of the cases were identified in communities in the territory's westerly Kitikmeot region, while 25 per cent were found in the Kivalliq region in central Nunavut.

              Several communities in those regions have experienced "significant outbreaks" of swine flu, according to the release. There have been no confirmed cases in the territory's Baffin region.

              A total of seven patients with H1N1 influenza have been sent to hospitals outside Nunavut for treatment. Six have since been released.

              This is the third reported spike in new H1N1 influenza cases this week in Nunavut. The department confirmed 28 new cases on Tuesday and 19 new cases on Monday.

              Dr. Isaac Sobol, Nunavut's chief medical officer, said several people are in hospital with flu-like symptoms, awaiting test results. Those patients reported having other medical conditions contributing to their illness, he added.

              Sobol said the swine flu remains relatively mild in the territory, with the vast majority of patients recovering at home.

              Health officials have said the marked rise in Nunavut swine flu cases is partly the result of heightened flu surveillance efforts, in place since Nunavut confirmed its first case on May 28.

              Health-care workers across the territory have been testing every patient with flu-like symptoms for the H1N1 virus.

              Sobol said the enhanced surveillance will continue until Monday.

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                Re: Nunavut: 43 new cases - 96 total

                Nunavut health officials confirmed 43 more cases of swine flu on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases to 96.

                This is the third reported spike in new H1N1 influenza cases this week in Nunavut. The department confirmed 28 new cases on Tuesday and 19 new cases on Monday.


                Health officials have said the marked rise in Nunavut swine flu cases is partly the result of heightened flu surveillance efforts, in place since Nunavut confirmed its first case on May 28.

                Health-care workers across the territory have been testing every patient with flu-like symptoms for the H1N1 virus.

                Sobol said the enhanced surveillance will continue until Monday.
                Why quit enhanced surveillance Monday?

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                • #9
                  Re: Nunavut: 30 new cases - 234 total

                  Source: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story...avut-h1n1.html


                  30 new cases bring Nunavut's swine flu count to 234
                  Last Updated: Monday, June 22, 2009 | 2:12 PM CT
                  CBC News

                  Thirty new cases of swine flu were confirmed in Nunavut on Monday, raising the total of H1N1 influenza infections in the northern territory to 234.

                  A total 21 patients have had to be hospitalized, with 15 no longer in hospital, according to a release issued by the territory's Health Department.

                  The bulk of the swine flu cases to date have been in Nunavut's Kivalliq and Kitikmeot regions, in the central and western parts of the territory.

                  Only a small fraction of cases, about two per cent, come from the Baffin region in the east.

                  Health officials stressed Monday that they're not recommending that any schools, daycares or businesses be closed.


                  Anyone who has flu-like symptoms is urged to stay home and phone ? not visit ? a local health centre or hospital for advice.

                  Public health staff will also be present at community events, such as Canada Day and Nunavut Day celebrations, to hand out hand sanitizers and information about preventing the flu.

                  The Health Department began testing everyone with flu-like symptoms after swine flu was first confirmed on May 28.

                  The heightened testing program ended June 15, meaning not everyone with flu symptoms is being tested.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Nunavut: 29 new cases - 265 total

                    Source: http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/...t-nwt-flu.html


                    More swine flu cases appear in Nunavut, N.W.T.
                    Yellowknife school board works on pandemic plan
                    Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2009 | 10:53 AM ET
                    CBC News

                    Nunavut health officials confirmed another 29 cases of swine flu on Thursday, while two more cases have turned up in the Northwest Territories.

                    The new cases of the H1N1 influenza virus bring the total in Nunavut to 265 and the total in the N.W.T. to six. There has been only one confirmed case of swine flu in the Yukon.

                    In Nunavut, where the majority of cases come from the central and western parts of the territory, the central Kivalliq region leads with 55 per cent of total cases.

                    The Kitikmeot region in the west accounts for 43 per cent of cases. Only two per cent are in the Baffin region in the east, according to a release Thursday.

                    Twenty-eight patients from Nunavut have been hospitalized with the H1N1 virus, but health officials say 17 of those patients have since been released.


                    Meanwhile, one of the two new cases in the N.W.T. involved a child at a Yellowknife Education District (YK1) school in the capital city.

                    While that case was not serious, children at the school district have been asked to take precautions against the flu, while maintenance workers were told to be extra careful in cleaning things such as doorknobs.

                    The school board also decided to work on a pandemic plan for its schools, YK1 superintendent Metro Huculak told CBC News.

                    "You have a lot of students and even staff in close proximity to each together," he said Thursday.

                    "We thought it would be a good idea if all partners could get together so that we're all on the same page and everybody knows exactly how to act or react to things."

                    Huculak said pneumonia was a bigger problem in YK1 schools this past academic year, with a higher number of teachers falling ill in the fall and winter.

                    Health officials in both territories remind people who show flu-like symptoms to stay home and phone for advice, rather than visiting hospitals or health centres in person.

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                      Re: Nunavut: 496 total cases

                      Source: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story...swine-flu.html

                      Nunavut swine flu count approaches 500
                      Last Updated: Thursday, August 6, 2009 | 8:53 AM CT

                      The number of lab-confirmed swine flu cases in Nunavut reached 496 on Wednesday, with a growing number of infections now coming from the territory's Baffin region.

                      Nunavut health officials say 31 infections from the H1N1 virus have been reported in the past seven days. However, the number of actual cases is likely much higher, since not everyone who has been sick has been tested.

                      Since swine flu was first confirmed in Nunavut in May, most of the cases have come from communities in the Kivalliq and Kitikmeot regions, both west of Baffin Island.

                      "Most of the activity now is in the Baffin region," Dr. Geraldine Osborne, the territory's deputy chief medical officer, said Wednesday. "The other two regions are reasonably quiet. There's a little bit of activity, but nothing compared to a few weeks ago.

                      "So the virus has moved across to the east."

                      Currently, 53 per cent of the territory's swine flu cases have come from the Kivalliq Region, while 30 per cent come from the Kitikmeot region and 17 per cent are from the Baffin region.

                      Osborne said there are two patients from Nunavut who are in hospital with the virus, while a third is in intensive care at a hospital outside the territory. She would not give details about those patients or their conditions.

                      Nunavut reported one death from the H1N1 virus last month.

                      Up until this week, health officials have been reluctant to identify which communities have been affected by swine flu, but Osborne said the H1N1 virus has hit almost every community by now, with the exception of a few High Arctic hamlets.
                      Most communities affected

                      "I think initially, when the virus wasn't widespread, we didn't particularly want to stigmatize any particular community. But now that the virus is widespread, you know, practically every community in Nunavut has been affected," she said.

                      "All the communities in the Kitikmeot [region] and the Kivalliq region saw H1N1, and currently in the Baffin region most of the communities have H1N1. There's about four communities that haven't reported any cases yet, and they're mainly in the High Arctic."

                      In some affected communities, health care staff are seeing only urgent cases of swine flu, Osborne said.

                      Still, she urged anyone with underlying illnesses or who is pregnant to see a nurse or doctor if they have flu-like symptoms. Underlying illnesses include heart disease, lung disease, diabetes or cancer.

                      As well, those who have the flu and are feeling worse should contact their local health centre.

                      "Don't feel you can't go to the health centre, because these are people that need to be seen," she said.

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