2009 flu pandemic in Asia
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2009 flu pandemic in Asia, 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 afflicted at least 394,133 people in Asia with 2,137 confirmed deaths: there have been 1035 deaths confirmed in India, followed by 737 deaths in China, 415 deaths in Turkey, 192 deaths in Thailand and 170 deaths in South Korea. Among the Asian countries, South Korea has the most confirmed cases, followed by China, Hong Kong and Thailand.