2009 swine flu pandemic in France

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The 2009 flu pandemic, involving an outbreak of a new strain of influenza commonly known as swine flu (usually referred as grippe A or grippe porcine in French), reached France in early May 2009.

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In order to respond to flu epidemics in France, the government has a "national plan", [1] which is also applied for this flu pandemic. In this plan, the different phases of the flu, which are slightly different from the World Health Organization phases, are detailed.

Organisations involved in France

Government reaction to the flu

A governmental web site has been created [6] to inform the population of the dangers and good practices to avoid the spread of the disease.

The French government lags behind the decision of the World Health Organization to upgrade to phase 6. It is currently in phase 5A in France. [7]

A mandatory mass vaccination plan has been discussed. [8] This vaccination plan is currently implemented, it is free and not mandatory.

In July 2010, France initially ordered 1,46 doses per inhabitant, the third largest amount among members of the Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI), behind the United Kingdom and Canada. In January, 50 million of the initial 94 million doses were cancelled. [9]

Timeline

April

The French government asks Europe to decide to cancel all flights to Mexico. [10]

May

On 1 May, the French Health Minister confirmed, during the 8 p.m. TF1 news, that 2 cases of A(H1N1) flu have been detected in France. [11] [12] [13]

The government discusses the possibility of ordering 100 million vaccine doses against the flu from three companies (GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi and Novartis).

The French government plans to vaccinate the entire French population (65 million inhabitants) [14]

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

France, by region

The detailed situation by region is updated by the National Institute of Health [42]

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References

  1. ↑ (in French) Plan national de prevention et de lutte "Pandemie grippale" Archived 2009-05-20 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 2009-08-28. Archived 2009-09-10.
  2. ↑ (in French) invs.sante.fr Archived 2009-09-10 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 2009-08-28. Archived 2009-09-10.
  3. ↑ (in French) GROG website
  4. ↑ Weekly bulletin of the Regional Flu Observational Groups
  5. ↑ (in English) Sentinelles Network website Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ (in French) Pandemie grippale.gouv.fr Archived 2009-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ (in French) France keeps level 5A Archived 2009-08-24 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 2009-08-28. Archived 2009-09-10.
  8. ↑ (in French) Nouvel Obs, Une campagne de vaccination obligatoire serait envisagee, 31/05/2009
  9. ↑ "Commande de vaccins H1N1 : France 3e". 2010-01-08.
  10. ↑ "France to ask EU to suspend flights to Mexico". Reuters. 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
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  12. ↑ (in French) Le Monde, La France contaminee a son tour par le virus A(H1N1), May 2
  13. ↑ (in French) 20minutes.fr Archived 2009-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ↑ (in French) Le journal du dimanche, "The secret plan against the flu" Archived 2009-06-11 at the Wayback Machine , May 30, 2009
  15. ↑ (in French) Roselyne Bachelot, Press conference, June 12th Archived 2009-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ (in French) tf1.lci.fr Archived 2009-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ↑ (in French) Institut de veille sanitaire, BULLETIN EPIDEMIOLOGIQUE GRIPPE A(H1N1) 18 June 2009 @ 6pm
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  20. ↑ Les Echos, 1 August 2009
  21. ↑ Grippe A : le CFCM déconseille de se rendre en pèlerinage à La Mecque
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  23. ↑ (in French) Article from La Tribune.fr, 18/08/2009
  24. ↑ (in French) Bulletin grippe AH1N1, 25/08/2009. Accessed 2009-08-28. Archived 2009-09-10.
  25. ↑ (in French) "Grippe A/H1N1 : un plan de vaccination gratuite et non obligatoire prêt à être activé dès le 28 septembre, si besoin est". Associated Press, 27/08/2009
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  27. ↑ "TOP 14 Orange : Deux matchs reportes" (Press release) (in French). Ligue Nationale de Rugby. 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
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  30. ↑ (in French)Grippe A : le virus devrait toucher 20% des Français by Société française de médecine d'urgence and Samu de France, October 12, 2009
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  32. ↑ (in French) Le Monde/AFP; 26 November 2009
  33. ↑ (in French) Press release from Institut de veille sanitaire; 27 November 2009
  34. ↑ (in French) La depeche; 11 December 2009
  35. ↑ (in French)
  36. ↑ (in English) French move fuels fears for flu vaccine sales; Reuters, 5 January 2010
  37. ↑ (in French) Institut national de veille sanitaire, 19 January 2010 Archived 2010-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
  38. ↑ (in French) Grippe H1N1: recentrage de la vaccination sur les personnes à risque (AFP, 10 February)
  39. ↑ (in French) INVS bulletin, March 31 Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
  40. ↑ (in French) Près de 6 millions de Français vaccinés contre la grippe A (H1N1)
  41. ↑ (in French) H1N1: une facture à 670 millions d'euros pour la vaccination Archived 2010-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
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