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09BERLIN754
2009-06-23 15:32:00
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Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 301 CONFIRMED CASES
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UNCLAS BERLIN 000754
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/CE PETER SCHROEDER
STATE FOR OES/IHB
STATE FOR AID/GH/HIDN
USDA PASS TO APHIS
HHS PASS TO CDC
HHS FOR OGHA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
SUBJECT: GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 301 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 747, B) Berlin 744 and previous.
UNCLAS BERLIN 000754
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/CE PETER SCHROEDER
STATE FOR OES/IHB
STATE FOR AID/GH/HIDN
USDA PASS TO APHIS
HHS PASS TO CDC
HHS FOR OGHA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
SUBJECT: GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 301 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 747, B) Berlin 744 and previous.
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to
301 on June 23, as twenty-three new infections were
confirmed. END SUMMARY.
2. (SBU) On June 23, the National Reference Center for
Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its
press briefing 23 new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 for
Germany. This increases the total number of confirmed cases
in Germany to 301 (Refs A, B and previous). The new cases
were distributed among the federal states as follows: North
Rhine-Westphalia (13),Rhineland-Palatine (2),Baden-
Wuerttemberg (2),Bavaria (5),Saxony (1),Hesse (1) and
Lower-Saxony (-1).
Infections in North Rhine-Westphalia continuo to Increase
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3. (SBU) Thirteen of the 23 newly confirmed cases reported
today occurred in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). NRW remains
the state showing the highest number of infections among all
the German states with 146 confirmed cases, followed by
Bavaria (44 cases) and Baden-Wuerttemberg (33 cases). The
Federal State of Saarland remains the only state without
confirmed virus cases. The number of confirmed infections
resulting from domestic transmission of the virus now sits at
157.
More Germans to be infected shortly
--------------
4. (SBU) German media reports indicate that German virologists
expect the virus to spread further, supporting statements made
by WHO earlier this week which warned that 1/3 of all Germans
could be infected with the new virus by this fall. Experts
reportedly cautioned that the actual number of infections in
Germany could be ten times as high as the confirmed figure due
to the mildness of the virus' symptoms, which makes it hard to
recognize an infection in cases exhibiting only light or no
symptoms.
5. (SBU) In the past two months, two pharmaceutical
laboratories in Germany, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals in
Dresden (Saxony) und Novartis in Marburg (Hesse),have been
working on developing a vaccine for the new virus. According
to the media, production of the vaccines will likely not take
place this year, as both institutes will run their clinical
studies on the vaccines until December of this year. If the
virus mutates during this time, the vaccine could be delayed
even further.
KOENIG
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/CE PETER SCHROEDER
STATE FOR OES/IHB
STATE FOR AID/GH/HIDN
USDA PASS TO APHIS
HHS PASS TO CDC
HHS FOR OGHA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
SUBJECT: GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 301 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 747, B) Berlin 744 and previous.
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to
301 on June 23, as twenty-three new infections were
confirmed. END SUMMARY.
2. (SBU) On June 23, the National Reference Center for
Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its
press briefing 23 new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 for
Germany. This increases the total number of confirmed cases
in Germany to 301 (Refs A, B and previous). The new cases
were distributed among the federal states as follows: North
Rhine-Westphalia (13),Rhineland-Palatine (2),Baden-
Wuerttemberg (2),Bavaria (5),Saxony (1),Hesse (1) and
Lower-Saxony (-1).
Infections in North Rhine-Westphalia continuo to Increase
--------------
3. (SBU) Thirteen of the 23 newly confirmed cases reported
today occurred in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). NRW remains
the state showing the highest number of infections among all
the German states with 146 confirmed cases, followed by
Bavaria (44 cases) and Baden-Wuerttemberg (33 cases). The
Federal State of Saarland remains the only state without
confirmed virus cases. The number of confirmed infections
resulting from domestic transmission of the virus now sits at
157.
More Germans to be infected shortly
--------------
4. (SBU) German media reports indicate that German virologists
expect the virus to spread further, supporting statements made
by WHO earlier this week which warned that 1/3 of all Germans
could be infected with the new virus by this fall. Experts
reportedly cautioned that the actual number of infections in
Germany could be ten times as high as the confirmed figure due
to the mildness of the virus' symptoms, which makes it hard to
recognize an infection in cases exhibiting only light or no
symptoms.
5. (SBU) In the past two months, two pharmaceutical
laboratories in Germany, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals in
Dresden (Saxony) und Novartis in Marburg (Hesse),have been
working on developing a vaccine for the new virus. According
to the media, production of the vaccines will likely not take
place this year, as both institutes will run their clinical
studies on the vaccines until December of this year. If the
virus mutates during this time, the vaccine could be delayed
even further.
KOENIG