Embassy of the United States

H1N1 FLU (NOVEL INFLUENZA A)

(Formerly known as “Swine flu”)

For information about H1N1 flu see the official U.S. Government website for information on pandemic flu and H1N1 novel influenza A at http://pandemicflu.gov/. Additional updated information about H1N1 Flu can be found on this website: H1N1 Flu Information Page (U.S. Department of State) which includes links to information sites maintained by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC.) The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) does not have any information in English on H1N1 at this time.  The specific pages on H1N1 influenza are currently available only in Korean here. If there is important news about H1N1 flu that Americans must receive immediately, the embassy will send a warden message.  To receive such e-mailed notices, please register at www.asktheconsul.org. American citizens are advised that 2009-H1N1 vaccines approved by foreign regulatory bodies might be commercially available in Korea in the upcoming months. However, the U.S. Government has evaluated only those vaccines that are licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.  For a list of approved vaccines, please see the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website at http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/ Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/ucm093833.htm.