WHO: more than 700 people have died from influenza A / H1N1

According to the latest report of the World Health Organization (WHO), as of July 21, more than 700 people worldwide died of influenza A / H1N1, a worrying number because this flu virus only just broke out last April.

WHO said it is working with national health authorities to find ways to mitigate the impact of the flu.

El Salvador health workers wear flu masks in a hospital in the capital of San Salvador after five people have died from the A / H1N1 flu virus (Photo: Reuters).

' Different countries face different levels of influenza at different times. Therefore, it is necessary to consider appropriate measures to mitigate the impact of influenza epidemics in each country , 'said WHO spokesman Alphaluck Bhatiasevi.

Last week, the WHO warned that the A / H1N1 flu is spreading at unprecedented speed and that the virus continues to spread rapidly in affected countries as well as in new countries is inevitable.

To date, there have been more than 130 countries and territories affected by the A / H1N1 flu, and many countries have said they have ' experience ' in preventing the virus from spreading in the community.

On the same day, the United Nations (UN) warned that A / H1N1 could affect countries suffering from poverty and conflict, causing a new " serious " crisis in these countries.

John Holmes, head of the UN humanitarian agency, said they are planning to deal. The main part of this plan is to focus on aid workers who are infected with the flu or the possibility of a pandemic spreading among those in need.