GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 358 CONFIRMED CASES

UNCLAS BERLIN 000775 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: 358 CONFIRMED CASES REF: A) Berlin 769, B) Berlin 762 and previous. ¶1. (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 25 cases to a total of 358. END SUMMARY. ¶2. (SBU) On June 25, the National Reference Center for Influenza at RKI announced in its press briefing twenty-six new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 for Germany, and subtracted one previously confirmed case. This net increase of twenty-five cases brings the total to 358. One H1N1 infection previously confirmed in Saxony-Anhalt was rescinded. New cases were distributed among the federal states as follows: Baden-W|rttemberg (3),Bavaria (7), Berlin (1),Hesse (1),North Rhine-Westphalia (12),Saxony (1), Saxony-Anhalt (-1),and Thuringia (1). ¶3. (SBU) North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) remains the state showing the highest number of infections among all German states with 168 confirmed cases, followed by Bavaria (57 cases) and Baden-Wuerttemberg (47 cases). These states also saw the largest increases in 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 increased by 21 bringing the total up to 199. KOENIG