Tag: AH1N1

• Tuesday, June 17th 2025 - 08:29 UTC

  Second case of bird flu confirmed at Brasilia's Zoo

  

  Brazilian authorities confirmed Monday a case of avian flu in an Australian emu found dead at the Brasilia Zoo. The infected bird's enclosure was sanitized to prevent the disease from further spreading, and biosecurity measures were adopted while the facility remains closed to the public until further notice.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2020 - 10:43 UTC

  New flu virus found in Chinese pigs with a potential of a “pandemic”

  

  A new flu virus found in Chinese pigs has become more infectious to humans and needs to be watched closely in case it becomes a potential “pandemic virus”, a study said, although experts said there is no imminent threat.

• Saturday, July 6th 2013 - 07:01 UTC

  H1N1 influenza virus outbreak in north Chile; government considering decreeing ‘health alert’

  

  Eleven people have died from the H1N1 influenza virus in northern Chile in an outbreak that the health minister raised the possibility of decreeing a health alert to restrict people's mobility.

• Tuesday, May 28th 2013 - 00:08 UTC

  Venezuelan H1N1 flu outbreak has killed 17 and infected another 250, according to health sources

  

  An outbreak of H1N1 flu has killed 17 people in Venezuela and infected another 250, private media and local authorities said on Monday. H1N1, often referred to as swine flu, was a flu strain that swept around in the world in a 2009/2010 pandemic.

• Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 08:10 UTC

  AH1N1 swine flu cases climb to 202, report Venezuelan health officials

  

  Venezuelan health officials say the number of confirmed AH1N1 swine flu cases in the country has risen to more than 200 people. Health Minister Eugenia Sader says 23 new cases have been diagnosed, raising the nationwide total to 202.