Written by Hind Mukhtar Sunday, December 31, 2023 12:24 PM
The Cabinet Media Center revealed that, in light of the news that was circulating about monitoring cases of infection with new strains of swine flu inside Egypt, the center contacted the Ministry of Health and Population, which denied those reports, stressing that there is no truth to monitoring any infections with new strains of swine flu. Within Egypt, stressing that the Preventive Medicine Sector – affiliated with the Ministry – has an integrated epidemiological and laboratory monitoring system for influenza viruses and viruses that cause respiratory diseases, which are the strongest in Africa and the Middle East, through which the activity of viruses causing respiratory diseases is monitored, with reporting. It immediately reported any unusual activity, noting that this system did not detect any mutations or new strains of the swine flu virus, calling on all citizens not to be led by these lies that aim to create panic among them, while obtaining information from its official sources.
In a related context, H1N1 influenza was discovered for the first time in the world in Mexico in April 2009, and it was incorrectly known as swine flu due to the similarity of many of the virus’s genes to the genes of influenza viruses that infect pigs in North 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 endemic viruses in the world and has not resulted in any subsequent pandemics. It has been included in seasonal influenza vaccination, and Egypt was among the Countries are the first to introduce vaccination against seasonal influenza (including H1N1).
Infographic of common cases of new strains of swine flu
2023-12-31 10:24:00
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