France - 4 million people reached by the virus grippal H1N1 since August

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Nearly two million French infected with A/H1N1 flu

2009-11-19 09:06:11



Some 1.98 million French people have been infected with A/H1N1 flu since this August, the French influenza surveillance system reported on Wednesday.

"From the beginning of this August, 1.98 million French people have been infected with A/H1N1 epidemic," French Regional Groups of Flu Observation (Grog) said, adding that the figure may be a little underestimated from the real level.

As many as 410,000 cases were newly registered within the last week, according to latest statistics.

On the same day, French Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot announced that 200,000 persons have received vaccine injections since the national vaccination was launched on Nov. 12, and urged the vaccination campaign to go "on full acceleration" because augmented virus activity has appeared as winter falls.

"Tonight we have 81 persons under service of intensive care unit ... We have 16 deaths from A/H1N1 flu within this week. The figure has increased 50 percent compared to the report of previous week," Bachelot said on France 2 television.

By Monday, A/H1N1 flu had caused 70 deaths in French mainland and its overseas territories, the country's Institute for Public Health Surveillance said.

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[Anne]

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http://www.romandie.com/ats/news/091123183129.2bjo8r58.asp

automatic translation

H1N1: 60 nouveaux cas graves et un d?c?s de plus en France m?tropolitaine

H1N1: 60 new severe cases and one death more in metropolitan France

PARIS - France Metropolitan has 60 new cases of severe H1N1 flu pandemic and one more death since the results of last Wednesday, said Monday the Institute of Health Surveillance (VS).

"Since the record of November 18, InVS identifies 60 new serious cases influenza A (H1N1)2009," says the Institute in a statement.

"In total since the epidemic began, 305 people were hospitalized. Among them, 101 are still in intensive care units or intensive care," said the institute.

"Moreover, the number of reported deaths in the metropolis since the beginning of the epidemic is 57, one more than during the balance of 20 November" for the deaths.

This brings to 85 the total number of deaths in France, taking into account the 28 deaths since the epidemic began in the French territories ultramarine.

[gsgs]

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how many of these 2 million have been infected twice ?


rough estimates, please

[Anne]

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3 pregnant women at hospital

( in north of france )

I ve made a rough automatic translation with some modifications
20 november

http://www.courrier-picard.fr/courrier/Actualites/Info-regionale/Trois-femmes-enceintes-hospitalisees-pour-la-grippe-A

After two pregnant women affected by influenza A , three other women waiting for a child were still hospitalized Thursday at University Hospital of Amiens. The hospital takes refuge behind confidentiality.

While vaccination of pregnant women starts this Friday (*) three mothers are hospitalized in the hospital in Amiens. They are in intensive care, pulmonology service included. A week and half ago , a young woman of 19 years and six months pregnant was hospitalized.

Following a deterioration in his health in hospital in Saint-Quentin, where she was presented first, doctors had decided to transfer her to Amiens (our edition of November 18). Since she was released from the hospital.

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Thursday, four beds in the resuscitation department of the University Hospital were occupied by people suffering from influenza A. "Of the four cases observed, there are three pregnant women," says the statement from the hospital. Once the information given, she takes refuge again behind the medical secret

[Jojo]

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I'm gathering that is roughly 3% of the population, what is the average infection rate for most countries?

[Francoise Ramona]

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H1N1: more than 2 million and half of already touched people

Automatic translation

PARIS - 2.726.000 people were infected by the virus grippal pandemic H1N1 in France since August, according to the estimates of the network of Grog (regional groups of observation of the influenza), diffused Wednesday.
According to the data of the network of Grog, influenza H1N1 2009, ?raises some?, represented 712.000 cases last week in Metropolitan France (against 410.000 the week of before).
For its part, the network Sentinels-Inserm, which takes into account only the influenzas with fever of brutal appearance exceeding 39?, estimates at 1.782.000 the number of people touched that the influenza resulted in consulting their general practitioner, in 11 weeks of epidemic.
Last week, the network estimates at 693 cases for 100.000 inhabitants the number of cases of influenza seen in general medicine in metropolis, according to these criteria.
The median age of the cases was 13 years (7 months to 96 years), i.e. half of the cases which have occurred last week had less than 13 years.
At the regional level, the most touched areas last week were the following ones, according to the Sentinelles network: The Limousin (1.275 cases for 100.000 inhabitants), Champagne-Ardenne (1.164), the Rhone-Alps (1.134), Nord-Pas-de-Calais (1.074), Franche-Comt? (814), Center (665), Provence-Alp-Coast-in Azur (657), Languedoc-Roussillon (602), Pays-de-la-Loire (590), Poitou-Charentes (588), the Midday-Pyrenees (576) and High-Normandy (568).
Pandemia is ?in full acceleration, with a number of serious cases also in increase and case, alas mortals, also in full increase?, informed the Minister for Health, Roselyne Bachelot at the time of the launching of vaccination in the colleges and colleges, Wednesday.
For its part, the ministry for the Interior confirmed Tuesday a progression of the frequentation of the centers of vaccination against pandemic influenza H1N1 with 65.000 people per day compared with 13.000 with launching, on November 12, of the collective vaccination campaign in the 1.060 centers installed on the national territory.
At the evening of Saturday November 21, 305.000 people from the vaccine, indicated Tuesday had profited.
(?AFP/November 25, 2009 17:11)

[gsgs]

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how many of these 2.7M had been vaccinated, how many had it twice ?

I assume, that they ask the patients, that they collect
these data (do they ?)

So, do they have the data, do they have estimates as those
2.7M and 0.3M ?
Are those being kept secret for political reasons ?

[Pathfinder]

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PARIS (Reuters) -

The number of deaths in mainland France from the H1N1 swine flu virus jumped in the last week, according to official data Thursday.

The toll rose to 68 deaths as of November 22, with 22 new deaths last week. Six of the 68 victims had no underlying health problems, the country's health monitoring institute said. Health minister Roselyne Bachelot said 750,000 people had already been vaccinated but admitted that many vaccination centres were facing long waiting lines.

The H1N1 pandemic continues to spread and has killed thousands of people around the world.

http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-SwineFlu/idUSTRE5AP3TC20091126

[gsgs]

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30 deaths per million infected seems lower than in Australia with
200 deaths in total and an estimated 10%-20% infected
and 1/3 of the total population.

Australia : ~60 deaths per M infected
France : ~30 deaths per M infected

USA : ~80 deaths per M infected

(direct confirmed deaths only)

[Francoise Ramona]

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Seize up H1N1: ?one is exceeding 3 million case?

Automatic translation

PARIS - the course of the 3 million people reached by the virus grippal H1N1 since August is being exceeded, affirmed Tuesday Jean-Marie-Cohen, national coordinator of the network of Grog (regional groups of observation of the influenza).
?One is exceeding 3 million cumulated cases?, declared Dr. Cohen during a public hearing of the Parliamentary office of evaluation of the scientific and technological choices (Opecst).
?It is already more than one seasonal epidemic?, it added.
?The peak absolutely did not pass to France?, for its part affirmed Thierry Blanchon, of the Sentinelles network of Inserm. The epidemic is always ?in increase?, it added, the day before the publication of the weekly estimates of the two inspection networks.
(?AFP/December 1, 2009 15:41)

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A(H1N1) flu deaths climb to 139 in France

December 13, 2009 1:54 am

PARIS, Dec. 12 ? Within four days, 13 more French died from A(H1N1) flu epidemic, bringing the total in the country to 139, the official Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) announced Friday.

During the period from Dec. 8 to Friday morning, 80 more grave patients caused by the H1N1 flu were reported, InVS said, adding the total hospitalized grave cases rose to 710, among which 184 patients were under observation in intensive care unit.

Also in the week, a 9-year-old child who had gotten vaccination died on Tuesday in Lyon city, in central eastern France. After the primary investigation into the odd death, local authority said the child suffered complication after vaccination, yet the specific conclusion calls for more time.

The French government decided Friday to launch vaccination programs for overseas compatriots. With the help of separate local authorities, French embassies and consulates will provide antivirus doses dispatched from France by containers for some 2.5 million overseas French, the Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bernard Valero said.

According to the Health Ministry, over 4 million French have infected with the A(H1N1) virus until Dec. 9.

The World Health Organization noted Friday in its latest weekly update that almost all European countries see a decline in suspect flu cases except for France, where the activity of influenza-like-illness continues to increase.

Some 99 percent subtyped influenza A viruses in Europe were pandemic H1N1 2009, the WHO added. (PNA/Xinhua)

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