Several countries give up counting cases

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Swine flu: statistics become less "relevant"


GENEVA - Several of the countries most affected by the swine flu, including the United States, gave up recording all cases of contamination, these figures have little meaning, announced Friday in Geneva, the number two in the 'World Health Organization (WHO).

"The numbers themselves have become less and less relevant (...) They will reflect less than what is actually happening," said the press Dr Keiji Fukuda, Deputy Director General of WHO.

Keiji Fakuda explained that some countries avoided recognize each individual case of influenza A (H1N1) in order not to unnecessarily waste the resources of the laboratories.

Depending on the progress of the epidemic of swine flu, some countries will focus on monitoring the spread of disease, any change in the symptoms and their severity, "said Fukuda.

"Countries like the United States are beginning to abandon controls on a large scale," he said.

WHO estimates that the influenza A (H1N1) continues to spread in both countries already affected and those who are not yet, and maintains its level 5 warning means that a pandemic is "imminent."

Since its appearance last month in Mexico and the United States, influenza A (H1N1) has infected more than 11,100 people in 42 countries and 86 deaths, according to the latest figures released Friday by the WHO.

(? AFP / 22 May 2009 22:25)

 

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Re: Several countries give up counting cases

更新: May 23, 2009 17:59 Updated: May 23, 2009 17:59

世衛：美停止追蹤疫情病例數字沒意義 WHO: The United States stopped tracking the number of cases not the meaning of the epidemic
（瑞士‧日內瓦23日法新電鄉) 世界衛生組織副總幹事福田敬二週五說，由于一些A（H1N1）型流感疫情最嚴重的國家（包括美國）已停止全面追蹤疫情，因此公佈流感總數已失去意義。 (Geneva, Switzerland ‧ 23 rural electric AFP) Deputy Director-General of the World Health Organization Keiji Fukuda said Friday, as the number of A (H1N1) influenza epidemic the worst (including the United States) to track the epidemic has ceased to full, so the total number of published influenza has lost its significance.

他對記者說，有關數字本身已越來越沒有意義，因為這些數字已不能反映實際的情況。 He told reporters that the figure has become increasingly meaningless in itself, because these figures can not reflect the real situation. 有些國家甚至已停止檢驗和列出每一宗病例，因為這種檢驗已使它們實驗室不勝負荷。 Some countries even have to stop testing and are listed in each of these cases, because this test has been the laboratory so that they become an unbearable burden.

墨又兩人死亡 Mexico and two deaths

他解釋說，由于各國的情況不同，因此有些國家已把重點從發現疫情的源頭，轉移到追蹤疫情的散播及其嚴重性的轉變形式上面，例如美國已停止大規模檢驗病例。 He explained that the situation due to the different emphasis from some countries have found the source of the epidemic, the epidemic shifted to track the spread and severity of the changes in the form of the above, such as the United States have stopped large-scale test cases.

但他指出，世界衛生組織仍然認為，疫情將繼續在各國和國際間蔓延，因此仍維持第5級警戒水平，表明疫情大流行可能? 一觸即發?。 However, he pointed out, the World Health Organization continue to believe that the epidemic will continue at the national and international spread, it remained at level 5 alert level, indicating that the pandemic outbreak may be "explosive."

世衛組織週五公佈的最新數字顯示，在全球42個國家已有逾1萬1100人受感染和86人死亡。 WHO's latest figures released Friday showed that 42 countries around the world more than 11,100 people were infected and 86 deaths.

墨西哥再有兩名A型流感患者死亡，使該國流感死亡人數攀升到80人。 Mexico Two more deaths in patients with influenza A, influenza in the country the death toll climbed to 80 people.

墨西哥衛生部表示，包括兩名死者在內，當地再有166宗A型流感新確診個案，全國確診人數增加至4174人。 Mexico Ministry of Health said the dead included two local A further 166 new confirmed cases of influenza across the country increased from 4174 confirmed the number of people.

墨西哥當局說，當地大部分疫情減退，最新死亡個案是科學家化驗積壓的樣本被確診。 Mexican authorities said that most of the epidemic receded, the latest death is the backlog of samples for testing scientists were diagnosed. 而80名去世的患者中，只有8人是在4月23日之后出現病征。 And 80 patients died, only 8 of them in after April 23 symptoms.

墨西哥在4月23日證實爆發A型流感疫情，並採取關閉學校、商店等防疫措施。 Mexico April 23 confirmed outbreaks of influenza A outbreak, and to take the closure of schools, shops and other precautionary measures.


<table align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><th colspan="3">A global epidemic spread of influenza </th></tr><tr><td>

國家​

State </td><td>

死亡人數​

Death toll </td><td>

確診病例​

Confirmed cases </td></tr><tr><td>

墨西哥​

Mexico </td><td>

80​

80 </td><td>

4174​

4174 </td></tr><tr><td>

美國​

United States of America </td><td>

9​

9 </td><td>

6552​

6552 </td></tr><tr><td>

加拿大​

Canada </td><td>

1​

1 </td><td>

805​

805 </td></tr><tr><td>

哥斯達黎加​

Costa Rica </td><td>

1​

1 </td><td>

28​

28 </td></tr><tr><td>

日本​

Japan </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

317​

317 </td></tr><tr><td>

英國​

United Kingdom </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

117​

117 </td></tr><tr><td>

西班牙​

Spain </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

126​

126 </td></tr><tr><td>

巴拿馬​

Panama </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

76​

76 </td></tr><tr><td>

智利​

Chile </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

44​

44 </td></tr><tr><td>

法國​

France </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

16​

16 </td></tr><tr><td>

德國​

Germany </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

17​

17 </td></tr><tr><td>

哥倫比亞​

Colombia </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

12​

12 </td></tr><tr><td>

意大利​

Italy </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

18​

18 </td></tr><tr><td>

秘魯​

Peru </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

16​

16 </td></tr><tr><td>

澳洲​

Australia </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

14​

14 </td></tr><tr><td>

紐西蘭​

New Zealand </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

9​

9 </td></tr><tr><td>

巴西​

Brazil </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

9​

9 </td></tr><tr><td>

厄瓜多爾​

El Salvador </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

8​

8 </td></tr><tr><td>

以色列​

Israel </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

7​

7 </td></tr><tr><td>

荷蘭​

The Netherlands </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

3​

3 </td></tr><tr><td>

比利時​

Belgium </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

7​

7 </td></tr><tr><td>

中國​

China </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

7​

7 </td></tr><tr><td>

薩爾瓦多​

El Salvador </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

6​

6 </td></tr><tr><td>

台灣​

Taiwan </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

6​

6 </td></tr><tr><td>

韓國​

South Korea </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

4​

4 </td></tr><tr><td>

古巴​

Cuba </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

4​

4 </td></tr><tr><td>

危地馬拉​

Guatemala </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

4​

4 </td></tr><tr><td>

香港​

Hong Kong </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

4​

4 </td></tr><tr><td>

瑞典​

Sweden </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

3​

3 </td></tr><tr><td>

挪威​

Norway </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

3​

3 </td></tr><tr><td>

芬蘭​

Finland </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

2​

2 </td></tr><tr><td>

波蘭​

Poland </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

2​

2 </td></tr><tr><td>

泰國​

Thailand </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

2​

2 </td></tr><tr><td>

馬來西亞​

Malaysia </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

2​

2 </td></tr><tr><td>

土耳其​

Turkey </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

2​

2 </td></tr><tr><td>

阿根廷​

Argentina </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td>

瑞士​

Switzerland </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

2​

2 </td></tr><tr><td>

奧地利​

Austria </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

1​

1 </td></tr><tr><td>

丹麥​

Denmark </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

1​

1 </td></tr><tr><td>

愛爾蘭​

Republic of Ireland </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

1​

1 </td></tr><tr><td>

葡萄牙​

Portugal </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

1​

1 </td></tr><tr><td>

印度​

India </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

1​

1 </td></tr><tr><td>

希臘​

Greece </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

1​

1 </td></tr><tr><td>

菲律賓​

Philippines </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

1​

1 </td></tr><tr><td>

洪都拉斯​

Honduras </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

1​

1 </td></tr><tr><td>

俄羅斯​

Russia </td><td>

-​

-- </td><td>

1​

1 </td></tr></tbody></table>