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ABU DHABI // More than 350 people in Abu Dhabi were found to have the H1N1 swine-flu virus during the 2009 global pandemic.
Of the 1,379 suspected cases recorded across Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and the Western Region between May and August that year, 356 people - 109 women and 247 men - were diagnosed with swine flu. None died.
At the time there were an estimated two million people in the capital, 79 per cent of whom were expatriates. The highest number of cases were reported in the middle of July.
The figures have been revealed in a study carried out by the Health Authority - Abu Dhabi (Haad) for the period between May and August 2009, and released in the 18th volume of the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal.
The first cases of swine flu worldwide were recorded in Mexico in March 2009. Months after, the World Health Organisation (Who) declared a global pandemic, with 74 countries reporting cases in June that year.
A man, 48, was the first person to be diagnosed in Abu Dhabi several days after returning from a trip to Canada, and a month before the official Who declaration.
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Of the 1,379 suspected cases recorded across Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and the Western Region between May and August that year, 356 people - 109 women and 247 men - were diagnosed with swine flu. None died.
At the time there were an estimated two million people in the capital, 79 per cent of whom were expatriates. The highest number of cases were reported in the middle of July.
The figures have been revealed in a study carried out by the Health Authority - Abu Dhabi (Haad) for the period between May and August 2009, and released in the 18th volume of the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal.
The first cases of swine flu worldwide were recorded in Mexico in March 2009. Months after, the World Health Organisation (Who) declared a global pandemic, with 74 countries reporting cases in June that year.
A man, 48, was the first person to be diagnosed in Abu Dhabi several days after returning from a trip to Canada, and a month before the official Who declaration.
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