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36 of the 53 Member States in the WHO European Region had reported a total of 9967 confirmed cases, including four fatal ones, of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection to WHO/Europe as of 09:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), on 2 July. Since the update of 26 June, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Lithuania have reported their first cases.
The breakdown of laboratory-confirmed cases in the European Region is: Austria (15), Belgium (49), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Bulgaria (10), Cyprus (58), the Czech Republic (10), Denmark (57), Estonia (13), Finland (39), France (298)[a], Germany (429), Greece (97), Hungary (11), Iceland (4), Ireland (49), Israel (542), Italy (130), Latvia (1), Lithuania (1), Luxembourg (4), Montenegro (9), the Netherlands (130)[b], Norway (41)[c], Poland (19), Portugal (19), Romania (36), the Russian Federation (3), Serbia (13), Slovakia (14), Slovenia (4), Spain (756, including 1 death), Sweden (73), Switzerland (65), Turkey (37), Ukraine (1) and the United Kingdom (6929, including 3 deaths)[d].
Sine the update of 26 June (less than a week ago), the number of reported cases rose by 73%, almost doubling in the United Kingdom, and continuing to rise in France, Germany, Israel and Spain. The first case of identified resistance to oseltamivir has been reported in Denmark.
[a] The total includes 10 cases in Departments and Collectivities Overseas: 2 in French Polynesia, 2 in Martinique and 6 cases in New Caledonia.
[b] The total does not include 15 cases in the Netherlands Antilles: 7 in Sint Maarten and 8 in Curaçao, the latter including three crew members of a cruise ship. They did not leave the ship during their illness or the 24 hours preceding the onset of symptoms.
[c] The total includes 7 confirmed cases in crew members and passengers of a cruise ship. They did not leave the ship during their illness or during the 24 hours preceding the onset of symptoms.
[d] The total does not include 16 cases in United Kingdom Overseas Territories (1 in Bermuda, 2 in the British Virgin Islands and 13 in the Cayman Islands) and 17 in United Kingdom Crown Dependencies (1 in the Isle of Man, 5 in Guernsey and 11 in Jersey).
