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The 2009 flu pandemic in South America was part of a global epidemic in 2009 of a new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1, causing what has been commonly called swine flu. As of 9 June 2009, the virus had affected at least 2,000 people in South America, with at least 4 confirmed deaths.
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In Argentina, seasonal flu outbreaks kill about 4,000 people each year, equivalent to a rate of 10 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. [10] The contingency plan developed in 2006 to face a possible influenza pandemic estimated that the dead could reach 13,000 in the event of a moderate rate of infection (15%) and 30,000 in the event of a serious ...
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Despite the high morbidity and mortality rates that resulted from the epidemic, the Spanish flu began to fade from public awareness over the decades until the arrival of news about bird flu and other pandemics in the 1990s and 2000s. [320] [321] This has led some historians to label the Spanish flu a "forgotten pandemic". [177]
This page summarises the figures from the WHO Influenza A Situation Updates issued roughly once every other day, [1] and since 6 July from ECDC.For each country or territory, the table lists the number of confirmed cases of swine flu on the first reported day each month, and the latest figure.
Canadian health officials reported that swine flu is hospitalizing three to four times as many children as regular seasonal flu. [350] On 30 May, New Zealand had 9 confirmed cases and 10 probables. During June cases in New Zealand rose rapidly. On 14 June the Ministry of Health announced a 65% increase in cases in just 24 hours.
Argentina, [C] officially the Argentine Republic, [A] [D] is a country in the southern half of South America.Argentina covers an area of 2,780,400 km 2 (1,073,500 sq mi), [B] making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world.