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Written by Hind Mukhtar Sunday, December 31, 2023 12:24 pm
The Cabinet Media Center announced that in light of the news circulating about the monitoring of cases of infection with new strains of swine flu in Egypt, the Center contacted the Ministry of Health and Population, which denied these reports and emphasized that there was no truth in them Monitor any infections with new strains of swine flu. Within Egypt, he emphasizes that the Preventive Medicine Sector attached to the Ministry has an integrated epidemiological and laboratory surveillance system for influenza viruses and viruses that cause respiratory diseases, which are most severe in Africa and the Middle East, where the activity of viruses that cause respiratory diseases, monitored and reported. It immediately reported any unusual activity, noting that this system did not detect mutations or new strains of the swine flu virus, and appealed to all citizens not to be guided by these lies aimed at creating panic among them, while at the same time obtaining information from official sources.
In a similar context, H1N1 influenza was discovered for the first time in the world in April 2009 in Mexico. It was incorrectly called swine flu because many of the virus’s genes are similar to the genes of influenza viruses that infect pigs in northern America and due to its spread in most parts of the world, the World Health Organization announced. H1N1 was a global pandemic on June 11, 2009. The World Health Organization declared the end of the pandemic on August 10, 2010. Since that date, the H1N1 virus has become one of the world’s endemic viruses and has not resulted in another pandemic. It has been included in vaccination against seasonal influenza, and Egypt was among the first countries to introduce vaccination against seasonal influenza (including H1N1).
Infographic about common cases of new swine flu strains
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