Israel - Cases H1N1 - 2,148 - Deaths - 10

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Two more cases of swine flu confirmed in Israel

The Health Ministry confirmed two additional cases of swine flu in Israel on Friday, both in men who returned from visits to the US.

A 22-year-old who suffered flu-like symptoms upon returning to Israel was admitted to the Hillel Yaffa Hospital in Hadera. He traveled from New York on Continental flight number 090, which landed in Israel on Thursday.

The second case was a 28-year-old who was admitted to Netanya's Nordau Hospital with a fever. He traveled from the US via London, on BMI flight BD762, which landed at Ben Gurion International Airport on Thursday at 11am.

The Health Ministry called on passengers from either flight suffering symptoms of the epidemic to consult with medical professionals.

The infections brought the total of confirmed swine flu cases in Israel to 16.

 

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Re: Israel - Cases - 16

Re: Israel - Cases - 16

26-year-old Israeli woman diagnosed with swine flu

Published: 05.29.09, 22:13 / Israel News

A 26-year-old Israeli woman who returned from the US Thursday on an El-Al flight was diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, known as swine flu.

She was admitted to the to the isolation ward at Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital in Jerusalem. (Meital Yasur Beit-Or)

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Israel - Cases - 16

Re: Israel - Cases - 16

3 more swine flu cases diagnosed in Israel

26-year-old woman, men aged 28 and 22 diagnosed with H1N1 virus after returning from New York; WHO raises global tally of swine flu infections to 15,510

Meital Yasur Beit-Or

Latest Update: 05.29.09, 22:16 / Israel News

Two Israeli men, aged 28 and 22, who recently returned from the US were diagnosed Friday with the H1N1 virus, known as swine flu.

The 28-year-old returned to Tel Aviv (via London) on flight c762 from New York, which landed at Ben Gurion Airport at 11:15 am Thursday. He was admitted to the Laniado Hospital in Netanya.

The second swine flu patient returned from New York on Intercontinental flight 90, which landed in Tel Aviv at 6:30 pm Thursday. He was admitted to the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera.

The Health Ministry has asked that the remaining passengers of both flights be examined in case they come down with any flu-like symptoms.

Later on Friday it was reported that a 26-year-old Israeli woman who returned from the US Thursday on an El-Al flight was also diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, bringing the total number of Israelis who have been diagnosed with the disease to 17.

She was admitted to the to the isolation ward at Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital in Jerusalem.

Thursday saw three more Israelis being diagnosed with swine flu. Two of them, a 59-year old man hospitalized in the Chaim Sheba Medical
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Center at Tel Hashomer and a 34-year old man hospitalized in Kfar Saba's Meir Hospital, have recently returned from the US.

The third, a 33-year old man who recently returned from Panama, has also been hospitalized at Sheba.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization raised its global tally of swine flu infections to 15,510 Friday, an increase of more than 2,000 cases in two days.

The death toll increased by four since Wednesday to 99, the global body said.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3723249,00.html

 

[FrenchieGirl]

Re: Israel - Cases - 22

Re: Israel - Cases - 22

Israeli swine flu cases reach 22

May 31, 2009

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Seven new cases of swine flu have been diagnosed in Israel, bringing the total of cases so far to 22.

Four cases were confirmed Friday and Saturday, including two women in their 60s and two people in their 20s. The four cases had all recently returned from visiting the United States.

In addition, three new cases were diagnosed on Sunday. One of the infected, a 25-year-old man, refused to be hospitalized and was ordered to remain at home.

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Israel - Cases - 33

Re: Israel - Cases - 33

Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/02/content_11471725.htm

Seven more Israelis diagnosed with A/H1N1 flu
www.chinaview.cn 2009-06-02 03:16:27

JERUSALEM, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Seven more Israelis were diagnosed with influenza A/H1N1 virus on Monday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the Jewish state to 33, local daily Ha'aretz reported.

Israeli Health Ministry said that all the new patients, who range in age from 19 to 54 years old, are in good condition, and that one of them has already been released from hospital.

Two of the new patients had just returned from the United States, the report said.

Earlier in the day, the 26th case of A/H1N1 flu was diagnosed in Israel. According to local news service Ynet, the patient, a 19-year-old youth, was hospitalized after being diagnosed with the virus.

The youth, who is in good condition, contracted the virus in Israel from a friend who returned from the United States, said Ynet.

Cases of the fatal flu virus have been diagnosed over the past few days in Israel.

According to the World Health Organization, 53 countries have officially reported 15,510 cases of A/H1N1 infection, including 99deaths, as of Friday.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Israel - Cases - 41

Re: Israel - Cases - 41

2 more swine flu patients diagnosed in Israel

Published: 06.04.09,

A 40-year-old man was hospitalized in the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem and a four-year-old boy was hospitalized in the Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, both after being diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu.

The man apparently contracted the virus during a visit to the United States, while the boy apparently caught the disease from sick person in Israel.

So far, there have been 41 cases of swine flu diagnosed in Israel. (Meital Yasur ? Beit Or)

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3726149,00.html

 

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Re: Israel - Cases - 48

Re: Israel - Cases - 48

Source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3727131,00.html



7 additional swine flu cases confirmed in Israel

Published: 06.06.09, 23:45 / Israel News

Seven additional cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Israel, raising the number of Israelis who have tested positive for the H1N1 virus to 48.


The Health Ministry is calling passengers of El Al flight 002 from New York that landed in Israel on Thursday at 1:00 pm and passengers of Lufthansa flight 690 from Frankfurt that landed in Israel on Friday at 3:20 am to seek medical attention if they begin to develop flu-like symptoms. (Meital Yasur-Beit Or)

 

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Re: Israel - Cases - 48

Re: Israel - Cases - 48

Source: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/131745

Swine Flu Steps Up in Israel, 7 More Cases Diagnosed

by Hana Levi Julian

(IsraelNN.com) Seven more cases of swine flu were diagnosed in Israel over the weekend, the largest group of people to be diagnosed within a two-day period since the epidemic first began at the end of April.

Three of the victims had recently returned from the United States, and were believed to have become infected with the virus overseas. The other four people became infected in Israel.

The Health Ministry has issued an alert, asking passengers of El Al Flight #002 from New York that arrived at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, as well as the passengers of Lufthansa Flight #690 from Frankfurt that arrived in Tel Aviv at 3:20 a.m. Friday, to immediately visit a doctor if they begin to feel ill or develop symptoms of the flu.

To date, 48 people have been diagnosed with laboratory-confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in Israel. Of those, 14 were infected within the borders of the Jewish State, and the rest became ill while they were traveling abroad. Nearly all have recovered, and none suffered the serious form of the virus.

Swine flu also continues its sweep through the Jewish community in the United States. Last week, one of the largest yeshivot in the country reported an outbreak. Five students at the Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore, Maryland have been diagnosed with the virus, according to the Baltimore County Department of Health. None of the five is severely affected, however, and none showed respiratory symptoms that have marked the more serious form of the virus.

A number of yeshivot in the metro New York area have also been struck with the illness; several had temporarily cancelled classes prior to the Shavuot holiday in hopes of containing the outbreak.

 

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Re: Israel - Cases - 48

Re: Israel - Cases - 48

Source: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=97370&sectionid=351020202

Swine flu makes way into Israeli parliament
Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:46:12 GMT

A Knesset (Israel's parliament) member has reportedly contracted A/H1N1, a virus which has already affected some 21,940 individuals in 69 countries across the globe.

In a letter on Sunday, Knesset Director-General Dan Landau warned other members that one of their peers had been diagnosed with swine flu.

The name of the infected individual was not stated; the letter, however, maintained that the patient has received the required treatment and is improving, Ynetnews reported.

"At this stage we have no knowledge of the disease having passed on to other Knesset members or family members," Ladau stressed.

He also urged the members to consult a physician if they presented any flu-like symptoms including fever, sore throat, cough, runny nose, and shortness of breath.

So far, 48 cases of swine flu have been diagnosed in Israel, seven of them during recent days.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Israel - Cases - 48

Re: Israel - Cases - 48

6 more Israeli cases of swine flu confirmed

Published: 06.08.09, 21:00 / Israel News

Six additional cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Israel.

Four of the new patients became infected with the H1N1 virus during a visit to the United States while the other two were infected in Israel.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3728303,00.html

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Israel - Cases - 68

Re: Israel - Cases - 68

5 additional cases of swine flu in Israel

Published: 06.10.09, 23:45 / Israel News

Five additional cases of the H1N1 virus have been confirmed in Israel, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Three of those infected recently arrived in Israel from the United States as part of the Taglit-Birthright project. They are currently being treated in isolation at the Sha'are Tzedek and Hadassah Hospitals in Jerusalem.

The two other patients contracted the virus inside Israel. One of them is in isolation in Rambam Hospital in Haifa, the second is an eight-year-old boy who has already been released home. This brings the total number of H1N1 cases in Israel to 68. (Meital Yasur-Beit Or)

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3729566,00.html

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Israel - Cases - 94

Re: Israel - Cases - 94

Source: http://news-en.trend.az/world/israel/1487884.html

Israel finds 17 more A/H1N1 flu cases: report
14.06.09 01:42

Seventeen additional A/H1N1 flu cases have been diagnosed in Israel over the weekend, local news service Ynet reported Saturday on its website.
The latest cases have brought to 94 the total number of confirmed cases of the global pandemic in the Jewish state, Xinhua reported.
Israeli Health Ministry has called on passengers of El Al flight 0104 from Toronto and Air France flight 2220 to go to the hospital if they developed flu-like symptoms, said the report.
On Thursday, nine additional A/H1N1 flu cases were diagnosed in Israel, bringing to 77 the total number of confirmed cases in the country.
Also on Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the A/H1N1 alert to phase six, its highest level, formally declaring that it had developed into a global pandemic.
As of Friday, there were 29,669 confirmed cases in 74 countries and regions, including 145 deaths, said the WHO.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Israel - Cases - 117

Re: Israel - Cases - 117

More Than 100 Cases of Swine Flu in Israel

by Hana Levi Julian

(IsraelNN.com) More than 100 cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Israel since the first outbreak of the pandemic in late April, including 23 people who were diagnosed on Sunday.

The most recent cases brought the total number of people in Israel infected with the H1N1 virus to 117. Seventeen cases were diagnosed Friday, up from 77 this past Thursday. All have been hospitalized and are in good condition, and no one has died from the disease.


The Health Ministry requests that any passengers who were on El Al Flight #002 from New York to Israel on Friday afternoon report to a doctor if they feel even slightly ill.

Israel has been well prepared for the pandemic, with government officials having made contingency plans early on.

At the first senior-level meeting on the issue, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ordered the Health Ministry to stock up on regular flu vaccines to inoculate up to 25 percent of Israel's 7.2 million citizens. He also ordered the ministry to purchase enough anti-viral medication to treat up to 30 percent of the country's residents, without regard to cost.

A special clinic was immediately established at Ben Gurion International Airport, where incoming travelers who exhibited symptoms or complained of feeling ill continue to be screened. Those with fever are sent to hospitals for a mandatory further examination. Those who have no fever, but feel ill, are asked to confine themselves to their homes for at least seven days, until they feel better ? or worse, in which case they are urged to seek further medical care.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/131869

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Israel - Cases - 131

Re: Israel - Cases - 131

Source: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/166539

14 Swine Flu Cases Confirmed in the Last 24 Hours

Reported: 22:42 PM - Jun/15/09

(IsraelNN.com) The Health Ministry announced Monday evening that it confirmed 14 cases of the H1N1 swine flu virus in the past 24 hours. The patients were described as being in good condition. They bring to 131 the number of confirmed cases of the disease.

The ministry asks that passengers on the Jet 2 flight that landed at Ben Gurion International Airport last Thursday call a doctor if they develop flu symptoms.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Israel - Cases - 152

Re: Israel - Cases - 152

22:09 Posted כ"ד Sivan Tss"t, 16 Jun 09

Ministry of Health: 21 more cases of pig flu

Ministry of Health announced that Aovhno 21 more cases of flu in pigs. Total Aovhno Israel 152 cases of virus H1N1.

Continental squadron 090 passengers from New York to Israel on smash -13/06/09, and develop signs of the extent
Heat sickness like the flu, are requested to contact the doctor.

http://www.inn.co.il/News/Flash.aspx/255437#rss

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Israel - Cases - 180

Re: Israel - Cases - 180

Source: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/131921

More than 180 Cases of Swine Flu in Israel, Soldiers Infected

by Maayana Miskin

(IsraelNN.com) Swine flu continues to spread in Israel, Health Ministry officials warned this week. More than 180 cases of the illness have been confirmed.

Cases of swine flu were rare in Israel in the first weeks after the virus was discovered. Those infected had recently returned from trips to the United States or Mexico.

However, the virus is now spreading within Israel as well, and the rate of infection has risen, with more than 50 new cases confirmed in this week alone, 25 of them over the past 24 hours. To date, none of the swine flu victims in Israel have suffered serious illness or death, and most have already recovered.

Most of the latest confirmed swine flu victims were participating in Birthright tours when they were diagnosed. Ten of those who were diagnosed were visiting from the U.S., while another 18 were IDF soldiers who met with the Birthright participants as part of their organized tour. Both tourists and soldiers were put under quarantine.

Due to the relatively light symptoms suffered by Israeli bearers of the virus, the Health Ministry has changed a previous policy requiring hospitalization, and now allows flu victims to recover at home after visiting a local emergency room. Victims are given the antiviral medicine Tamiflu.

Young adults at risk
The majority of confirmed cases of swine flu in Israel were discovered in adults aged 20 to 45. Doctors said young adults may be more at risk as they are less likely than older adults to have been exposed to a similar virus in the past.

More than 35,000 people worldwide have been infected with swine flu, and the illness has spread to 75 countries. The World Health Organization recently declared the flu to be a global pandemic, making it the first declared pandemic in more than 40 years.

WHO officials said the change in status was no cause for alarm, and does not mean the virus itself has changed. The virus remains relatively mild, they said; the ?pandemic? label refers solely to the rate of transmission.

The swine flu pandemic has caused concern in the medical community in part due to similarities between the virus and the strain that caused the 1918 pandemic known as Spanish flu. The Spanish flu killed an estimated 50 to 100 million people worldwide, with most deaths occurring in secondary and tertiary outbreaks of the illness.

 

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Re: Israel - Cases - 271

Re: Israel - Cases - 271

Israel detects 52 more A/H1N1 flu cases

www.chinaview.cn 2009-06-21 15:09:15

JERUSALEM, June 21 (Xinhua) -- 52 new influenza A/H1N1 cases have been diagnosed in Israel over the weekend, local news service Ynet reported Sunday, citing the country's Health Ministry.

The patients are in good condition, said the report, adding that the latest cases brought the total number of confirmed cases of the epidemic to 271 in the Jewish state since April.

On Thursday, Israel confirmed 39 new cases of A/H1N1 influenza, bringing its total number of confirmed cases to 219.

Israel has recently witnessed a rapid increase of A/H1N1 cases. Previous reports indicated that while most cases were imported from overseas, the number of patients who contracted the virus within the nation was also on the rise.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the A/H1N1 alert to phase six, its highest level, formally declaring that it had developed into a global pandemic.

According to the latest tally by the World Health Organization, 95 countries and regions have officially reported at least 44,287 cases of influenza A/H1N1 infection, including 180 deaths.

 

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Re: Israel - Cases - 290

Re: Israel - Cases - 290

Source: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/131996

Incidence of Swine Flu Still Rising in Israel

by Hana Levi Julian

(IsraelNN.com) The incidence of swine flu in Israel is rapidly increasing, with another 19 people diagnosed with the H1N1 virus on Sunday.

Nearly 300 cases of the global pandemic virus have been confirmed in Israel since the outbreak first landed on its shores in late April, within days after the first cases were seen in Mexico and the U.S.

Officially, 290 people have been diagnosed with the virus in Israel, although there may be more. Oren A. told Israel National News on Monday that he was sick with symptoms of the flu "but not sick enough to bother going to the doctor." Instead, he said he would "just stay home and take care of it."

"And if it's swine flu?" he was asked. "Nu, so what?" he replied. "So I'll drink tea anyway."

On the one hand, health officials in Israel are telling the public on the one hand to stay home with their flu symptoms rather than rush to hospitals. The Health Ministry announced Sunday that the four health maintenance organizations (Kupat Holim) would treat H1N1 flu patients from now on. Most of the cases are mild, and the vast majority of the patients have already recovered.

People who feel ill should only go to the hospital if the community clinic is closed or if they are actually referred by their doctor.

On the other hand, Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman said Sunday that he was considering ordering officials to screen all 5,000 incoming athletes who are expected to participate in the upcoming Maccabiah sports games next month.

"I don't want to reach a situation in which another 5,000 people come here and just increase [the incidence of] the disease," he told reporters.

Each person diagnosed with swine flu in Israel is set to receive a kit from the Health Ministry that contains mouth and nose masks for him and his family, as well as instructions on how to keep the virus from spreading.

Related Disease? Newcastle's Strikes the South

In what may possibly be a related development, Israel's veterinary service has identified an outbreak of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) in numerous communities in the nation's southern region.

Newcastle disease virus is a highly contagious zoonotic bird disease that affects both domestic and wild avians. Exposure of human beings to infected birds ? for example, in poultry processing plants, or farms ? can cause flu-like symptoms or mild conjunctivitis, but is not deadly. There is no treatment.

The disease affects poultry in particular, and can cause severe economic damage to poultry producers. The outbreak was first caught at turkey farms in Kibbutz Revidim.

Poultry farmers are being asked to inoculate their birds and place them in closed coops in order to prevent the spread of diseases that can affect humans, such as bird flu, West Nile virus and ornithosis.

Israeli law requires that owners immunize chickens, turkeys, geese, doves, pigeons, quail, ostriches, emus, pheasants and peacocks.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Israel - Cases H1N1 - 375

Re: Israel - Cases H1N1 - 375

29 cases of H1N1 flu virus detected in Israel in past 24 hours

Published: 06.24.09, 09:41 / Israel News

The Health Ministry reported that 29 more cases of the H1N1 flu virus were detected in Israel in the past 24 hours.

So far, 375 cases of the flu have been discovered in Israel. All patients' conditions were defined as mild and most of them have recovered.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3736155,00.html

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Israel - Cases H1N1 - 469

Re: Israel - Cases H1N1 - 469

Swine flu: 15 new cases diagnosed


Published: 06.29.09, 12:13 / Israel News

Fifteen new cases of the H1N1 virus were diagnosed in Israel Monday.

So far, 469 cases of the swine flu have been diagnosed.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3738549,00.html