Swine Flu H1N1 Slows To A Crawl With Less Than 100 Deaths From Swine Flu H1N1 Avian Flu In Egypt Heats Up

Swine Flu H1N1 Slows To A Crawl With Less Than 100 Deaths From Swine Flu H1N1 Avian Flu In Egypt Heats Up.

H1N1 Swine Flu is slwoing worldwide, though this applies only to the 1st wave of the disease. The second wave of H1N1 Swine Flu is expected to return to North America next Fall. WHO reports the following:

As of 06:00 GMT, 29 May 2009, 53 countries have officially reported 15,510 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 99 deaths.

However, the Avian Flu situation in Egypt is quickly ovetaking H1N1 Swine Flu as the leading candidate for a pandemic now:

The Ministry of Health of Egypt has reported two new confirmed human cases of avian influenza on 26 May 2009. Of the 76 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 27 have been fatal.

This means the current emerging Egypt strain of Avian flu has a mortality rate estimted to be 35%.