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This article contains a summary of 2009 swine flu outbreak in Mexico, 2009 swine flu outbreak in Canada, 2009 swine flu outbreak in the United States, and 2009 swine flu outbreak in Costa Rica.

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disused maps
File:H1N1 Norte América Veracruz.svg

Argentina is number two behind USA in deaths

July 15 2009 cbc radio reported today

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Per discussion at WP:MED itself, Renaissancee's decision is incorrect, and it is appropriate to tag this article. 70.29.212.226 (talk) 06:34, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nicaragua

There's a Nicaragua map available File:H1N1 Nicaragua Map.svg... but we don't have a Nicaragua section...

70.29.208.129 (talk) 07:32, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Then translate the Nicaraguan section from the Spanish Wikipedia, or maybe some one can do it :D.--Vrysxy! (talk) 00:34, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First case reported in Nicaragua here is the reference in Spanish.--Vrysxy! (talk) 21:26, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There's another Nicaragua map avilable - File:H1N1 Nicaragua map by confirmed cases.svg... but we don't have a section on Nicaragua... 70.29.212.226 (talk)

Two questions

Question one: All the islands of the Lesser Antilles are shaded as having confirmed cases. Yet, there doesn't seem to be any mention of any cases there other than in Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. Is there a mistake here?

Question two: Suggestion, really. The map with Greenland shows many small regions. However, these appear to be obsolete as of January 1, 2009, according to Subdivisions of Greenland. I know nothing of editing the maps, so I thought I'd mention it in case someone who knows how can fix it.

--Patteroast (talk) 20:04, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(Greenland) ... Oh, I thought it was still the way it was before. So they consolidated. The map that first needs to be updated is File:North America second level political division 2 and Greenland.svg. That map was made last year by User:CarolSpears, unfortunately, she appears to have been banned for incivil behaviour. There is a 4-country map available (US + Canada + Mexico + Greenland) File:North America - First level political divisions.svg that doesn't have divisions at all. I think you could ask User:Allstrak, s/he seems particularly competent with maps, and created the map used in the Subdivisions of Greenland article. 70.29.210.174 (talk) 06:45, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

El Salvador

There's a map of El Salvador available ( File:H1N1 El Salvador Map.svg ) ... but we don't have a section on El Salvador... 70.29.212.226 (talk) 08:58, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Central America / Belize

Looks like the only Central American country without a map is Belize... 70.29.212.226 (talk) 09:11, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Maps of Honduras

Honduras Gripe Porcina Casos.PNG

Honduras Gripe Porcina Casos.PNG
H1N1 Honduras Map.svg

There seems to be a disagreement at Spanish Wikipedia over which image to use, both the SVG and PNG images are used, and updated, out of sequence with one another... which should we use here? 70.29.212.226 (talk) 13:53, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's been settled, the SVG version will be used. 70.29.212.226 (talk) 08:59, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deaths map

So can someone update the world deaths map to account for

the Dominican Republic Done
Guatemala Done

?

70.29.212.226 (talk) 04:26, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone update the map for Honduras? 70.29.212.226 (talk) 07:34, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions. I'm glad this article could fall within our scope, and I hope to see it grow large! Many thanks! Renaissancee (talk) 04:49, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Zoonosis map

So, should we add the zoonosis map to the article? 70.29.212.226 (talk) 08:20, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Update Requests

Please add a section for Dominica and link it from Template:2009 flu pandemic table. Thanks | FHessel (talk) 11:31, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed article move

A proposal is afoot to move the 'country' article to a more appropriate location. Thoughts? Bosonic dressing (talk) 10:18, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Akimiski Island

Someone needs to fix the confirmed cases map. Akimiski Island is coloured the same as Ontario, and should not be, it is part of Nunavut.

70.29.208.69 (talk) 06:35, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Anticosti Island

Someone needs to fix the suspected/confirmed/deaths map. It was fixed once before, and then undone. Anticosti Island is part of Quebec, but it is not coloured to match.

70.29.208.69 (talk) 06:35, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Akimiski Island

Akimiski Island is the wrong colour, it should be the same as Nunavut, instead it's the same as Quebec.

70.29.208.69 (talk) 21:57, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Americas

Twho new maps have shown up... 76.66.192.64 (talk) 10:56, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

North America Community Outbreaks.svg

The community outbreak map is missing Greenland, which is part of North America. Someone should add Greenland (in grey) onto the map Image:North America Community Outbreaks.svg

76.66.192.64 (talk) 08:09, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]