News on influenza A(H1N1)
29.07.2009
Forty six cases of influenza A(H1N1)v have been confirmed in Iceland.
Within the last 48 hours 12 additional cases of influenza A(H1N1)v have been confirmed in Iceland. The total number of cases confirmed is therefore 46.
The 12 are four males and eight women 14-56 years of age. One was tourist from Luxemburg, five were Icelandic travelers infected abroad and six were infected in Iceland.
None of these 12 cases had serious illness.
Further information
Notices concerning influenza preparedness measures in Iceland will continue to be issued on www.influensa.is, in both Icelandic and English.
For more details on influenza A (H1N1)v in EU/EFTA countries, please click here: http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/
For more on the world situation see also: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html
Chief Epidemiologist for Iceland
National Commissioner of Police in Iceland, Department of Civil Protection
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