Swine Flu Outbreak South Africa 2024. If you’re in south africa you’ve probably noticed that a lot of people around you seem to be coming down with the flu. A number of flu strains are circulating in south africa, the most common being a (h1n1) pdm09, previously known as “swine flu”, the health department says.
This is followed by influenza. Influenza a(h1n1)pdm09, which has colloquially been called “swine flu”, is the human influenza strain that emerged globally in 2009.