WHO: nearly 1,800 people die from influenza A / H1N1

According to the announcement of the World Health Organization (WHO) on August 19, up to now, there are over 182,166 people worldwide infected with influenza A / H1N1 virus, with the number of deaths being 1,799 people.

Last week, WHO announced 1,462 deaths from influenza A / H1N1. So within a week, this number has skyrocketed to over 300 cases.

There are still the most deaths still in North America and South America, with 1,579 cases, followed by Southeast Asia with 106 cases and 53 in Europe.

An area to check A / H1N1 flu in Japan (Photo: Reuters)

Also according to WHO, influenza A / H1N1 has now spread to more than 170 countries, with newly discovered countries deadly virus is Ghana, Tuvalu and Zambia.

On the same day, Japan announced it would test A / H1N1 flu for the entire Nippon Ham Fighters baseball team after the two players and a coach of the team were infected with the flu virus. Six other players are also suffering from high fever symptoms. To date, Japan has more than 5,000 people infected with influenza A / H1N1, including 3 deaths.

Earlier, Dutch experts brought A / H1N1 flu to . games. The game begins with images of patients lying in the hospital and the Spanish flu cemetery in 1918.

As the head of the ' world flu control ' program, players will choose an influenza virus strain, then control it not to spread around the world, with many measures such as setting up a monitoring system. observation, storage of vaccines and anti-influenza drugs, closure of schools and airports .

Gamers are also limited in budget, so they have to do the best to fight the flu with the lowest cost. Players can play this game for free at http://www.thegreatflu.com.