Iran swine flu death toll jumps to 140

[JimO]

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Iran swine flu death toll hits 100

TEHRAN - Another 42 people have died of swine flu in Iran over the past week, raising the Islamic republic's death toll from the illness to 100, ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday.

"During the past week, 42 people died of A(H1N1) flu. Most of them had previous records of heart and respiratory diseases," a health ministry report said, quoted by ISNA.

It said a total of 3,128 people have now been diagnosed with the illness in Iran, where a first swine flu death was reported on August 26 as that of a 36-year-old woman drug addict.


Iran has placed restrictions on Muslims planning to travel to Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage later this month.

[Anne]

Re: Iran swine flu death toll hits 100

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Iran: 100 deaths from influenza H1N1, including 42 in one week

TEHRAN - One hundred people died in Iran after contracting the H1N1 flu, including 42 during the past week, according to a report by the Ministry of Health was quoted Wednesday by news agency ISNA.

"During the past week, 42 people died after contracting the H1N1 flu", according to the Ministry of Health. This is in addition to the 58 deaths announced a week ago.

The Ministry of Health has also indicated that 3128 people were infected by the virus. It was 2662 where he announced a week ago.

The authorities have taken measures to prevent the spread of the virus.

Schools or classes have been closed.

In addition, steps have been taken to restrict the number of faithful traveling to Mecca (Saudi Arabia) for the Haj (pilgrimage), planned for late November.

The authorities fear an increase in the number of infections after the return of 65,000 Iranian pilgrims. According to Tehran, 8% of the pilgrims could be infected with viruses on their return.

(? AFP / November 18, 2009 12:29)

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Re: Iran swine flu death toll hits 100

November 19, 2009

14 students succumb to H1N1 virus; death toll reaches 100
Tehran Times Social Desk

TEHRAN -- Swine flu has claimed the lives of 14 students in Iran over the past weeks, brining the country?s total death rate from the disease to 100, an MP said here on Wednesday.

A total of 14 school students and three university students have lost their lives due to the disease since it emerged in the Islamic Republic, MP Ali Karimi Piruzjaei noted, speaking on the concerted efforts made by the ministries of health and education to prevent the spread of the disease across the schools and universities.

According to the Health Ministry?s report, 42 flu patients have died over the past week, bringing the death toll from the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, to 100 across the country.

466 new cases of the disease have been reported over the past seven days, bringing the country?s total number of H1N1 patients to 3,128.

Iran's first swine flu case was a 16-year-old Iranian-American boy, who tested positive for the disease on June 22, upon his arrival in Tehran.

The H1N1 virus has now become the dominant influenza virus around the globe, with high levels and an increase of activity in many regions, since the disease burst onto the scene in Mexico in April, the World Health Organization said recently.

Compared with the countries in the east Mediterranean region, Iran?s death toll in regard to its total population of over 70 million is not high.

Like seasonal flu, H1N1 is more active in the winter than in the summer, and a majority of infected people get better on their own. H1N1 also is as transmissible and infectious as seasonal flu, but the general public is urged not to treat the virus like just another type of flu.

Swine flu is a respiratory disease that normally infects pigs. It is caused by the Influenza Type A H1N1 virus, which is the same type of virus that caused the infamous Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918 .

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Iran's Health Ministry reported on Wednesday that 42 more Iranians died this week from the swine flu, adding that 466 new confirmed A-H1N1 cases brought the total identified cases in the country to 3128.

The Parliamentary Education Commission said 17 students from across Iran were among those who died of swine flu, raising fears of an imminent A-H1N1 flu epidemic.
The rising figure comes despite the recent announcement by Tehran education officials that the swine flu virus in the Iranian capital was under control.

The Majlis Education Commission said the low amount of budget allocated has made it hard to contain the virus in other Iranian cities.

Iranian health officials have warned that people with respiratory conditions and heart disease are more at risk of swine flu infection.

According to the country's officials, adopting simple precautionary measures such as washing hands frequently, using a tissue at the time of coughing and sneezing and avoiding kisses can contain the virus.

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Re: Iran swine flu death toll jumps to 140

Iran has 3,672 swine flu cases


Health minister puts death toll from A(H1N1) virus at 140, up sharply from 100 on November 11.


TEHRAN - Iran has 3,672 cases of swine flu, Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi said on Wednesday.

"Based on recent statistics, 3,672 people have now been diagnosed with the illness," she was quoted by state news agency IRNA as saying.

She put the death toll from A(H1N1) virus at 140, up sharply from 100 on November 11.

The first Iranian fatality was a 36-year-old woman drug addict who died on August 26.

Iran has placed restrictions on Muslims travelling to Mecca in Saudi Arabia for this week's annual hajj pilgrimage.

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Re: Iran swine flu death toll jumps to 140

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More victims in the Middle East by spreading influenza A
Friday, November 27th, 2009

November 27, 2009, 09:47 Tehran, Nov 27 (Prensa Latina) More than a million infections in Iran, seven deaths in Jordan and Egypt, and numerous cases detected during the Muslim pilgrimage of Hajj, keep the alarm today about the influenza A (H1N1) in the Middle East.

Official media statements reproduced Iranian Minister of Health, Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi, who confirmed that more than one million people tested positive in tests to check whether they were infected with the virus popularly known as swine flu.

Vahid-Dastjerdi noted that infectious disease specialists reported that figure as proven cases, but it is possible that more people with symptoms.

Official statistics had mentioned that three thousand Iranians 672 developed diabetes, of which at least 140 died, but new data lead to redouble efforts to deal with health, said the owner.

It also considered very likely a new wave of influenza A (H1N1) because of the upsurge of winter and the impending return of hundreds of Iranian Muslims in Saudi Arabia, where he traveled to participate in the Hajj pilgrimage this year.

However, he assured that all travelers from Mecca at airports will be examined Saudis and Iranians.

Meanwhile, the Jordanian Ministry of Health reported Friday three new fatalities from influenza A, bringing the total killed in 14 the Hashemite kingdom because of that and 87 infected in the week end, for a total of two thousand 955 since June.

Health authorities in Egypt, meanwhile, also confirmed four deaths of pilgrims in Saudi soil as a result of the flu and a total of 14 deaths since the outbreak of the disease, and two thousand 300 cases overall.

At least 80 people were killed and eight were diagnosed in recent days in Saudi Arabia during the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, according to authorities in Riyadh, they deployed more than 20 thousand Cuban doctors and paramedics to assist parishioners.

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