流行病专家的话不幸言中了，H1N1流感现在在全世界大流行。我总结了近期世界各地情况，供大家参考：
加拿大
加拿大广播公司(CBC)昨晚报道说，仅在11月2日一天内，全国便有5人死于甲流，其中包括育空（Yukon）地区的1名女孩。而最近两周，多伦多就有2人死于甲流，一名13岁男童和一名36岁妇女。而加拿大公共雇员工会 (CUPE)下属的安省医院工会昨天警告说，安省医院或许不能应付大批甲流患者，因为多数已经满负荷。有业内人士更预测说，今秋甲流爆发可能令全国多达 800万民众染病，对生产力的影响甚至可能比2003年的非典 (SARS)更严重。
美国
截止10月26日，美国共有上百万人感染了H1N1病毒，2万人住院，超过1000人死亡。美国总统在这天宣布进入“甲流”紧急状态。
乌克兰
最新的来自世界卫生组织的报告：截止11月2日，乌克兰全国有25万人感染。235名病人需要紧急护理，70人死亡。

 
以下是来自世界卫生组织的统计报告(截止到10月18日），全球有41万人感染，近5000人死亡。

Region（地区）                                                                 Cumulative total as of 18 October 2009

                                                                                                              Cases*               Deaths
WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO)                                         13297                 75
WHO Regional Office for the Americas (AMRO)                            160729              3539
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO)     14739                96
WHO Regional Office for Europe (EURO)                                       Over 63000       At least 261
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO)                     41513                573
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO)                 122267              455
Total                                                                                                      Over 414945    At least 4999

预防措施：
最好的方法是注射疫苗，但疫苗生产缓慢，很多人还来比及注射疫苗就开始患病了。大家需要保持良好的个人习惯，包括勤洗手，不要用手接触嘴巴，眼睛等部位及不要接触感冒患者。
患感冒的朋友要主动回避，最好不要去上班，上学，防止传染他人。

春天的时候，大家还觉得各种严格的预防措施显得多余，现在却开始大爆发了。请大家保持警觉，保护好自己。


资料来源：
Public health officials, who have long tracked the spread of influenza across Canada, have expanded their surveillance to include incidents of swine flu across the country in their weekly FluWatch reports.
Influenza levels across the country increased notably from Oct. 17 to 24, according to the latest report released by the Public Health Agency of Canada. The federal agency noted, however, that the intensity of the H1N1 pandemic was moderate, with 175 people sent to hospital and nine deaths reported during the week.
In the map below, we've charted the number of H1N1-related hospital admissions, ICU admissions, and deaths by province.

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/03/f-swine-flu-h1n1-surveillance-phac.html

3 November 2009 -- According to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the country has now recorded more than 250 000 cases of influenza-like illness, with 235 patients requiring intensive care. As of 2 November, 70 deaths from acute respiratory illness have been reported.

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_11_03/en/index.html

Washington, USA – Because of the rapid growth of the number of H1N1 influenza virus cases, US President Barack Obama has declared a national emergency.
“The 2009 H1N1 pandemic continues to evolve. The rates of illness continue to rise rapidly within many communities across the nation, and the potential exists for the pandemic to overburden health care resources in some localities,” Obama said in a statement.
“Thus, in recognition of the continuing progression of the pandemic, and in further preparation as a nation, we are taking additional steps to facilitate our response.”
Through that, it permits US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius “to temporarily waive or modify certain requirements” to aid health care facilities perform immediate plans to deal with the pandemic.
When the H1N1 flu hit big time in April, millions of people in the United States have been infected, at least 20,000 have been hospitalized and more than 1,000 have died, said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(via CNN)

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