2009 |
A(H1N1) Outbreak and Pandemic Milestones |
17 March |
First case in the world of what was later identified as swine flu origin. |
28 March |
First country's case affected the disease in the US of what was later identified as swine flu origin. |
12 April |
First known death due to what was later identified as swine flu origin. |
24 April |
First Diseases Outbreak Notice mention of the Swine Flu by the World Health Organization. |
25 April |
The United States is the first country to have Community outbreaks confirmed. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Mexico. |
27 April |
First case confirmed in Canada. |
First case confirmed in Spain. |
First case confirmed in the United Kingdom. |
28 April |
First case confirmed in Israel. |
First case confirmed in New Zealand. |
29 April |
First death confirmed in the United States. |
First case confirmed in Germany. |
First case confirmed in Austria. |
30 April |
First case confirmed in the Netherlands. |
First case confirmed in Switzerland. |
First case confirmed in Ireland. |
1 May |
First case confirmed in Hong Kong, China. |
First case confirmed in Denmark. |
First case confirmed in France. |
2 May |
First case confirmed in Italy. |
First case confirmed in South Korea. |
First case confirmed in Costa Rica. |
3 May |
First case confirmed in Colombia. |
First case confirmed in Portugal. |
First human-to-animal transmission of the virus in Canada |
4 May |
First case confirmed in El Salvador. |
5 May |
First case confirmed in Guatemala. |
6 May |
First case confirmed in Poland. |
First case confirmed in Sweden. |
7 May |
First case confirmed in Argentina. |
First case confirmed in Brazil. |
First death confirmed in Canada. |
First case of zoonosis in Canada, where an infected pig infects a human |
8 May |
First case confirmed in Japan. |
First case confirmed in Panama. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Canada. |
9 May |
First case confirmed in Australia. |
First case confirmed in Norway. |
First death confirmed in Costa Rica. |
10 May |
First case confirmed in China. |
12 May |
First case confirmed in Thailand. |
First case confirmed in Cuba. |
First case confirmed in Finland. |
13 May |
First case confirmed in Belgium. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Costa Rica. |
14 May |
First case confirmed in Peru. |
15 May |
First case confirmed in Malaysia. |
First case confirmed in Ecuador. |
16 May |
First case confirmed in India. |
First case confirmed in Turkey. |
17 May |
First case confirmed in Chile. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Japan. |
18 May |
First case confirmed in Greece. |
19 May |
First case confirmed in Paraguay. |
First case confirmed in Taiwan. |
21 May |
First case confirmed in the Philippines. |
22 May |
First case confirmed in Honduras. |
First case confirmed in Russia. |
23 May |
First case confirmed in Iceland. |
24 May |
First case confirmed in Kuwait. |
First case confirmed in United Arab Emirates. |
25 May |
First case confirmed in Bahrain. |
First case confirmed in Czech Republic. |
26 May |
First case confirmed in Puerto Rico. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in United Kingdom. |
27 May |
First case confirmed in Romania. |
First case confirmed in Singapore. |
First case confirmed in Dominican Republic. |
First case confirmed in Uruguay. |
28 May |
First case confirmed in Bolivia. |
First case confirmed in Venezuela. |
First case confirmed in Slovakia. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Argentina. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Australia. |
29 May |
First case confirmed in Hungary. |
30 May |
First case confirmed in Cyprus. |
First case confirmed in Estonia. |
First case confirmed in Lebanon. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Chile. |
31 May |
First case confirmed in Vietnam. |
First case confirmed in Bahamas. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Germany. |
1 June |
First case confirmed in Bulgaria. |
2 June |
First death confirmed in Chile. |
First case confirmed in Luxembourg. |
First case confirmed in Ukraine. |
First case confirmed in Nicaragua. |
First case confirmed in Egypt. |
First case confirmed in Bermuda. |
3 June |
First case confirmed in Saudi Arabia. |
First case confirmed in Barbados. |
First case confirmed in Jamaica. |
4 June |
First case confirmed in Trinidad and Tobago. |
5 June |
First death confirmed in Dominican Republic. |
First case confirmed in Cayman Islands. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Switzerland. |
7 June |
First case confirmed in Martinique. |
8 June |
First case confirmed in Dominica. |
9 June |
First death confirmed in Colombia. |
10 June |
First death confirmed in Guatemala. |
First case confirmed in French Polynesia. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Guatemala. |
11 June |
The WHO raises its Pandemic Alert Level to Phase 6. |
First case confirmed in the Palestinian Territories. |
First case confirmed in British Virgin Islands. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Hong Kong. |
12 June |
First case confirmed in Morocco. |
First case confirmed in Isle of Man. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Uruguay. |
14 June |
First death confirmed in the United Kingdom. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Philippines. |
15 June |
First death confirmed in Argentina. |
16 June |
First case confirmed in Jordan. |
First case confirmed in Qatar. |
First case confirmed in Samoa. |
First case confirmed in Sri Lanka. |
First case confirmed in Suriname. |
First case confirmed in Yemen. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Thailand. |
17 June |
First case confirmed in Monaco. |
First case confirmed in U.S. Virgin Islands. |
First case confirmed in Netherlands Antilles. |
First case confirmed in Oman. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Malaysia. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in France. |
18 June |
First case confirmed in Laos. |
First case confirmed in Macao. |
First case confirmed in South Africa. H1N1 now present in all WHO regions. |
First case confirmed in Papua New Guinea. |
First case confirmed in the island of Jersey. |
19 June |
First death confirmed in Australia. |
First case confirmed in Antigua and Barbuda. |
First case confirmed in Bangladesh. |
First case confirmed in Ethiopia. |
First case confirmed in Slovenia. |
20 June |
First case confirmed in Algeria. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Venezuela. |
21 June |
First case confirmed in Fiji. |
First case confirmed in Brunei. |
22 June |
First death confirmed in the Philippines. |
First case confirmed in Iran. |
First case confirmed in Montenegro. |
First case confirmed in Tunisia. |
First death confirmed in Honduras. |
23 June |
First case confirmed in Latvia. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Macao. |
24 June |
First case confirmed in Indonesia. |
First case confirmed in Cape Verde Islands. |
First case confirmed in Côte d'Ivoire. |
First case confirmed in Cambodia. |
First case confirmed in Iraq. |
First case confirmed in Serbia. |
First case confirmed in Vanuatu. |
25 June |
First human-to-animal transmission of the virus in Argentina. |
26 June |
First case confirmed in Lithuania. |
First case confirmed in Guernsey. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in China. |
27 June |
First case confirmed in Myanmar. |
First case confirmed in New Caledonia. |
First death confirmed in Thailand. |
28 June |
First death confirmed in Brazil. |
29 June |
First death confirmed in Spain. |
First death confirmed in Uruguay. |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance from Denmark found in the world. |
First case confirmed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
First case confirmed in Kenya. |
First case confirmed in Mauritius. |
First case confirmed in Nepal. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Italy. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Singapore. |
30 June |
First case confirmed in Saint Lucia. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Egypt. |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in Chile. |
1 July |
First case confirmed in Guam. |
First case confirmed in Malta. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in South Korea. |
2 July |
First death confirmed in Brunei. |
First death confirmed in Paraguay. |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in Japan. |
First case confirmed in Uganda. |
First case confirmed in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. |
3 July |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in Hong Kong, China. |
First case confirmed in Aruba. |
First death confirmed in El Salvador. |
4 July |
First death confirmed in New Zealand. |
First case confirmed in Croatia. |
First case confirmed in Macedonia. |
First case confirmed in Syria. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Spain. |
5 July |
First death confirmed in Peru. |
First case confirmed in Palau |
6 July |
First case confirmed in Guadeloupe. |
First case confirmed in Libya. |
First case confirmed in Saint Martin. |
First death confirmed in Jamaica. |
7 July |
First case confirmed in Guyana. |
First case confirmed in Belize. |
First case confirmed in Cook Islands. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Portugal. |
8 July |
First case confirmed in Afghanistan. |
First case confirmed in Seychelles. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Malta. |
9 July |
First case confirmed in Tanzania. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Panama. |
10 July |
First case confirmed in Botswana. |
First case confirmed in Réunion. |
First case confirmed in Zimbabwe. |
First death confirmed in Bolivia. |
First death confirmed in Ecuador. |
First death confirmed in Hong Kong. |
11 July |
First case confirmed in Andorra. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in New Zealand. |
13 July |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Saudi Arabia. |
14 July |
First case confirmed in Haiti. |
First case confirmed in Marshall Islands. |
First case confirmed in Saint Kitts and Nevis. |
First death confirmed in Puerto Rico. |
15 July |
First case confirmed in Tonga. |
16 July |
First case confirmed in Sudan. |
First death confirmed in Singapore. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Brazil. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Morocco. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Colombia. |
18 July |
First death confirmed in Venezuela. |
19 July |
First case confirmed in Georgia. |
First death confirmed in Egypt. |
First death confirmed in Panama. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Israel. |
20 July |
First death confirmed in Guam. |
First case confirmed in Albania. |
First case confirmed in Namibia. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Norway. |
21 July |
First case confirmed in Federated States of Micronesia. |
First case confirmed in Northern Mariana Islands. |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in Canada. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Indonesia. |
22 July |
First death confirmed in Hungary. |
First death confirmed in Laos. |
First death confirmed in Tonga. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in India. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Ireland. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Peru. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Vietnam. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Jamaica. |
23 July |
First death confirmed in Malaysia. |
First case confirmed in American Samoa. |
First case confirmed in Bhutan. |
First case confirmed in Kazakhstan. |
First case confirmed in Turks and Caicos Islands. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Bolivia. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Sweden. |
24 July |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Fiji. |
First case confirmed in Falklands Islands. |
First case confirmed in Gibraltar. |
First case confirmed in Grenada. |
First case confirmed in Maldives. |
25 July |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Brunei. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Ecuador. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in El Salvador. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Greece. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Nicaragua. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in South Africa. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Taiwan. |
First death confirmed in Indonesia. |
26 July |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Cuba. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Cyprus. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Honduras. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Paraguay. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Turkey. |
27 July |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Denmark. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Netherlands. |
Community outbreaks confirmed in United Arab Emirates. |
First death confirmed in Israel. |
First death confirmed in Saint Kitts and Nevis. |
First death confirmed in Saudi Arabia. |
First case confirmed in Kosovo. |
First case confirmed in Zambia. |
28 July |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in Argentina. |
29 July |
First case confirmed in Swaziland. |
30 July |
First case confirmed in Azerbaijan. |
First case confirmed in Gabon. |
First case confirmed in Moldova. |
First death confirmed in Belgium. |
First death confirmed in France. |
First death confirmed in Lebanon. |
First death confirmed in Taiwan. |
31 July |
First case confirmed in French Guiana. |
First case confirmed in Nauru. |
First death confirmed in Qatar. |
First case of zoonosis in Brazil, where an infected pig infects a human. |
2 August |
First death confirmed in India. |
3 August |
First death confirmed in South Africa. |
First case confirmed in Akrotiri and Dhekelia. |
First case confirmed in Pakistan. |
4 August |
First case confirmed in Solomon Islands. |
First death confirmed in Vietnam. |
First death confirmed in Netherlands. |
5 August |
First death confirmed in Iran. |
First case confirmed in Anguilla. |
6 August |
First case confirmed in Ghana. |
First case confirmed in Kiribati. |
First case confirmed in Liechtenstein. |
7 August |
First death confirmed in Ireland. |
First death confirmed in Palestine. |
First death confirmed in Samoa. |
8 August |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in Thailand. |
9 August |
Community outbreaks confirmed in Algeria. |
First death confirmed in Iraq. |
10 August |
First death confirmed in Mauritius. |
12 August |
First case confirmed in East Timor. |
First case confirmed in Wallis and Futuna. |
First death confirmed in Nicaragua. |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in Brazil. |
14 August |
First case confirmed in Cameroon. |
First case confirmed in Madagascar. |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in China. |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in Singapore. |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in United States. |
15 August |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in Peru. |
First death confirmed in Japan. |
First death confirmed in South Korea. |
First case confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
17 August |
First case confirmed in Mozambique. |
18 August |
First death confirmed in Malta. |
First death confirmed in Cook Islands. |
First death confirmed in Yemen. |
19 August |
First case confirmed in Belarus. |
20 August |
First death confirmed in Kuwait. |
First death confirmed in United Arab Emirates. |
21 August |
First cases in birds in the world confirmed in Chile. |
First death confirmed in Oman. |
22 August |
First death confirmed in New Caledonia. |
23 August |
First death confirmed in Greece. |
24 August |
First death confirmed in French Polynesia. |
First case confirmed in Kyrgyzstan. |
26 August |
First death confirmed in Syria. |
First human-to-animal transmission of the virus in Brazil. |
First case confirmed in Angola. |
28 August |
First cases in birds confirmed in Brazil. |
29 August |
First death confirmed in Bangladesh. |
30 August |
First head of state to have swine flu confirmed in Colombia |
31 August |
First case confirmed in Djibouti. |
First death confirmed in Sweden. |
First death confirmed in Bahrain. |
1 September |
First case confirmed in Lesotho. |
First death confirmed in Reunion. |
2 September |
First death confirmed in Macau. |
3 September |
First death confirmed in Norway. |
First death confirmed in Marshall Islands. |
First death confirmed in U.S. Virgin Islands. |
4 September |
First death confirmed in Italy. |
7 September |
First death confirmed in Namibia. |
Ecuador's Chief of Presidential Security John Merino dies. |
First case confirmed in Faroe Islands. |
8 September |
First death confirmed in Suriname. |
9 September |
First death confirmed in Madagascar. |
10 September |
First case confirmed in Malawi. |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in Israel. |
First Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance spread from person to person found in the United States in the world. |
11 September |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in Australia. |
14 September |
First death confirmed in Mozambique. |
15 September |
First death confirmed in Solomon Islands. |
17 September |
First death confirmed in Luxembourg. |
18 September |
First death confirmed in Martinique. |
21 September |
Mass vaccinations, which are the first ones in the world, begin in China. |
23 September |
First death confirmed in Portugal. |
First death confirmed in Bahamas. |
25 September |
First death confirmed in Germany. |
28 September |
First death confirmed in Cambodia. |
29 September |
First human-to-animal transmission of the virus in Ireland. |
30 September |
First death confirmed in Bulgaria. |
First death confirmed in Barbados. |
First completed clinical trials by a company for 2009/H1N1 vaccine in the world. |
Mass vaccinations begin in Australia. |
1 October |
First case confirmed in Saint-Barthélemy. |
4 October |
First case confirmed in Tajikistan. |
6 October |
First death confirmed in China. |
First death confirmed in Tanzania. |
10 October |
First death confirmed in Cuba. |
12 October |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in Vietnam. |
First death confirmed in Jordan. |
First case confirmed in Rwanda. |
First case confirmed in São Tomé and Príncipe. |
Mass vaccinations begin in Sweden. |
First human-to-animal transmission of the virus in Norway. |
13 October |
First case confirmed in Mongolia. |
15 October |
First death confirmed in Trinidad and Tobago. |
18 October |
First death confirmed in Sudan. |
19 October |
Mass vaccinations begin in Japan. |
20 October |
First death confirmed in Iceland. |
First cases in ferrets confirmed in the United States in the world. |
21 October |
First cases in birds confirmed in Canada. |
First death confirmed in Serbia. |
Mass vaccinations begin in the United Kingdom. |
First human-to-animal transmission of the virus in Japan. |
22 October |
First death confirmed in Czech Republic. |
First death confirmed in Guadeloupe. |
23 October |
First death confirmed in Mongolia. |
24 October |
First death confirmed in Finland. |
25 October |
First death confirmed in São Tomé and Príncipe. |
First death confirmed in Turkey. |
26 October |
First death confirmed in Moldova. |
Mass vaccinations begin in Oman. |
27 October |
Mass vaccinations begin in Canada. |
Mass vaccinations begin in South Korea. |
First death confirmed in Russia. |
First human-to-animal transmission of the virus in the Iceland. |
29 October |
First death confirmed in Afghanistan. |
First case confirmed in the Republic of the Congo. |
First case confirmed in Nigeria. |
30 October |
First death confirmed in Ukraine. |
31 October |
First death confirmed in Croatia. |
1 November |
Mass vaccinations begin in Ireland. |
Mass vaccinations begin in Kuwait. |
Mass vaccinations begin in Morocco. |
2 November |
First death confirmed in Austria. |
Mass vaccinations begin in Turkey. |
3 November |
First death confirmed in Belarus. |
First death confirmed in Slovenia. |
Mass vaccinations begin in Singapore. |
Mass vaccinations begin in Egypt. |
First cases in ferrets confirmed in Brazil. |
4 November |
First feline zoonosis confirmed in the United States in the world. |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in Belarus. |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in the Netherlands. |
5 November |
First death confirmed in Saint Lucia. |
First case confirmed in San Marino. |
6 November |
First death confirmed in Slovakia. |
First death confirmed in Pakistan. |
First human-to-animal transmission of the virus in Hong Kong. |
7 November |
First death confirmed in Sri Lanka. |
Mass vaccinations begin in Belgium. |
Mass vaccinations begin in Bahrain. |
Mass vaccinations begin in Saudi Arabia. |
8 November |
First case confirmed in Armenia. |
9 November |
First death confirmed in Latvia. |
11 November |
First case confirmed in Burundi. |
First case confirmed in Greenland. |
12 November |
Mass vaccinations begin in France. |
First feline zoonosis confirmed in Brazil. |
13 November |
First death confirmed in Cyprus. |
First death confirmed in Poland. |
14 November |
First death confirmed in Kosovo. |
First death confirmed in Switzerland. |
16 November |
First case confirmed in North Korea. |
First case confirmed in Somalia. |
First death confirmed in Tunisia. |
First death confirmed in Morocco. |
First death confirmed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
Mass vaccinations begin in Greece. |
Mass vaccinations begin in Spain. |
Mass vaccinations begin in Cyprus. |
17 November |
First death confirmed in Falkland Islands. |
First death confirmed in Maldives. |
18 November |
First death confirmed in Lithuania. |
First death confirmed in Macedonia. |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in Finland. |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in Slovenia. |
19 November |
First feline death confirmed in the United States in the world. |
20 November |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in the United Kingdom. |
First mutation ( D222G ) confirmed in Norway in the world. |
First death confirmed in Denmark. |
Mass vaccinations begin in Jordan. |
23 November |
First death confirmed in Estonia. |
First death confirmed in Romania. |
Mass vaccinations begin in Netherlands. |
Mass vaccinations begin in Czech Republic. |
24 November |
First double infection case confirmed in the United States in the world. |
First case confirmed in Montserrat. |
27 November |
First death confirmed in Algeria. |
First double infection case confirmed in South Korea. |
First mutation ( D222G ) confirmed in France. |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in France. |
28 November |
First canine zoonosis confirmed in China in the world. |
First human-to-animal transmission of the virus in Indonesia. |
First mutation ( D222G ) confirmed in Brazil. |
30 November |
First mutation ( D222G ) confirmed in Finland. |
First mutation ( D222G ) confirmed in Italy. |
First human-to-animal transmission of the virus in Finland. |
First double infection case confirmed in Brazil. |
First death confirmed in Libya. |
1 December |
First death confirmed in Montenegro. |
2 December |
First human-to-animal transmission of the virus in the United Kingdom. |
3 December |
First mutation ( D222G ) confirmed in Netherlands.[1] |
First death confirmed in Albania. |
First canine zoonosis confirmed in Brazil. |
4 December |
First mutation ( D222G ) confirmed in Spain. |
7 December |
First death confirmed in North Korea. |
9 December |
First mutation ( D222G ) confirmed in Macao. |
13 December |
First death confirmed in Georgia. |
Mass vaccinations begin in Qatar. |
14 December |
First death confirmed in Armenia. |
15 December |
First human-to-animal transmission of the virus in France. |
16 December |
First case of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance found in Germany. |
17 December |
First human-to-animal transmission of the virus in Thailand. |
20 December |
First completed clinical trials by a company for 2009/H1N1 vaccine in Brazil. |
21 December |
First canine zoonosis confirmed in the United States. |
27 December |
First death confirmed in Nepal. |
2010 |
A(H1N1) Outbreak and Pandemic Milestones |
1 January |
Mass vaccinations begin in Malta. |
5 January |
Mass vaccinations begin in Brazil. |
11 January |
First case confirmed in Mali. |
15 January |
Mass vaccinations begin in Peru. |
19 January |
First death confirmed in Nigeria. |
20 January |
First death confirmed in Bermuda. |
29 January |
First case confirmed in Chad. |
3 February |
First case confirmed in Mauritania. |
9 February |
First case confirmed in Senegal. |
25 February |
First case confirmed in Niger. |
27 March |
Mass vaccinations begin in Cuba. |
2 April |
Mass vaccinations begin in Cambodia. |
12 April |
First case confirmed in Guinea. |
26 April |
Mass vaccinations begin in the Philippines. |
10 August |
H1N1 Pandemic officially declared over. |