2009 swine flu pandemic in Oceania
The 2009 flu pandemic in Oceania, part of an epidemic in 2009 of a new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1 causing what has been commonly called swine flu, has (as of 27 June 2009) afflicted at over 22,000 people in Oceania, with 56 confirmed deaths. Almost all of the cases in Oceania have been in Australia, where the majority of cases have resulted from internal community spread of the virus. In addition, the government of New Zealand, where most of the remainder of cases in Oceania have occurred, is on high alert for any people travelling into the country with flu-like symptoms.
| Country | Cases | Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory confirmed |
Estimated cases | Confirmed (Suspected)‡ | |
| Total | 19,912 | 110,355 | 64 |
| Australia | 17,061 | 27,000 | 193 |
| New Zealand | 3,067 | 20,000 | 15 |
| Vanuatu | 10 | 15 | 1 |
| Tonga | 9 | 20 | 1 |
| Guam### | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| Fiji | 97 | 200 | 0 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 20 | 0 |
| French Polynesia# | 11 | 15 | 0 |
| Marshall Islands | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Samoa | 9 | 15 | 0 |
| Cook Islands## | 8 | 10 | 0 |
| Palau | 8 | 10 | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Notes:
#dependency of France ##dependency of New Zealand ###dependency of the United States | |||
| Summary: Number of countries in the Oceania with confirmed cases: 7 And only one dependency with confirmed cases (30 June 2009) | |||
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