The CDC notes, “This differs greatly from typical seasonal influenza epidemics, during which about 70% to 90% of deaths are estimated to occur in people 65 years and older.”. But we also—again—know that the number of coronavirus cases is much higher, too. In the early days of the H1N1 2009 pandemic, the number of cases is remarkably similar to what has been seen in the U.S. so far with the coronavirus.

Another aspect of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic is the U.S. government’s response. It is, instead, more accurately called a highly contagious viral pneumonia. SARS Co-V had 8,098 cases, 774 deaths, and a 10 per cent mortality rate, while currently we are facing fatal coronavirus with 24,530 confirmed cases, 493 deaths and 2-3 per cent mortality rate. All rights reserved. In 2012-MERS emerged in Saudi Arabia and spread to 27 countries. Giving references of previous deadly viruses, Dr Samreen Sarfaraz, consultant infectious disease, Indus Hospital, said “MERS Co-V had 2,494 cases, 858 deaths and a 37 per cent mortality rate.
It killed 284,500 worldwide and affected 214 countries. This is a useful reminder as well.

About 30% are people in their 20s. Although the current administration is taking some hits on poor response for testing and active denial on the part of the Trump administration as to the seriousness of the outbreak, state and regional governments have begun taking definitive action, shutting down bars and restaurants and placing limits on public gatherings in an effort to “flatten the curve,” which refers to spreading out the number of infections so healthcare institutions won’t become overwhelmed—as they did in China and Italy. But in the patients who didn’t report illness until February 1 to February 11, in China, it was 0.8%. Epidemiologists believe COVID-19 will likely affect millions of people in the U.S., and if social distancing and early efforts for prevention are not effective in flattening the curve, the fatality rate could exceed that of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic as doctors and hospitals are overwhelmed by the number of cases.
Dubbed (H1N1)pdm09, very few young people had existing immunity to it, but about one-third of people over 60 years of age had antibodies against it, probably from exposure to other, older H1N1 viruses at some time in their lives. It reads, in part: “The virus turned out to be not as deadly as first feared. There was no mention by the western media that H1N1 is an American Pandemic Virus. On the role of WHO in Pakistan, Dr Sara further stated that we have taken major safety initiatives to control this virus by installing health information desks at airports to keep an eye on passengers, isolation wards have been set up at public and private hospitals in Sindh, and notifications and dissemination of all guidelines and SOPs have been circulated all over government and private hospitals and institutions.

“I think there are many more than the [nearly] 700,000” confirmed COVID-19 cases in Hubei province, he told reporters.

Touching a surface that has the virus on it and then touching own mouth, nose, or eyes can easily make you a coronavirus patient.”, Speaking about the prevention of coronavirus, she said: “We have to take certain steps, including the development of a plan of action, drills on dealing with a suspected case, the location of a place where a potential patient can be isolated, know whom to contact at the state or the local health department if you have a patient with the appropriate travel history. float:none; The “novel” part is important in that no one has been exposed to this specific virus before, meaning no one has built up immunity to it. The US had a confirmed H1N1 mortality rate of 2.98%. "Vaccines were rushed out, but in hindsight, the West, particularly Europe, and the WHO were criticised for overreacting at a time annual influenza epidemics every year kill between 250,000 and 500,000, according to the Geneva-based UN health agency.". Copyright AFP 2017-2020. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that from April 12, 2009 to April 10, 2010, there were 60.8 million H1N1 cases, with 274,304 hospitalizations and 12,469 deaths in the U.S. alone. This is largely based on the city of Wuhan, China, where the pandemic originated.

The Italian health authorities have already noted that they had a higher than usual percentage of pneumonia hospitalizations before recognizing the outbreak.

We cannot easily differentiate between them because symptoms are almost the same for all these, like 100- plus temperature, body pain, runny nose, severe cough etc. One estimate by a group of infectious disease experts cites 1.4% in people who have symptoms.

There have been more than 3,111 deaths in China from the disease. The chart is annotated with the text “PERSPECTIVES” at the top and with the rows for “H1N1” and “Wuhan” viruses highlighted in red. It may be instructional to look at the last major pandemic, the H1N1 influenza pandemic of 2009.

The virus in the 2009 pandemic is considered to be quite different from the typical H1N1 viruses that were circulating at the time.

Copyright AFP 2017-2020. It is 0.02%.”. The lowest death rate was in children aged five to 14, at 11 deaths per 100,000 cases. “Corona, influenza, swine flu all are viral infectious diseases and it is very difficult to catch the exact virus. }