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09BERLIN783
2009-06-30 13:11:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Berlin
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GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 417 CONFIRMED CASES
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UNCLAS BERLIN 000783
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: 417 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 781, B) Berlin 775 and previous.
UNCLAS BERLIN 000783
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: 417 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 781, B) Berlin 775 and previous.
¶1. (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany
rose by 29 cases to a total of 417 on June 30. END SUMMARY.
¶2. (SBU) On June 30, the National Reference Center for
Influenza at RKI announced in its press briefing twenty-nine
new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 for Germany. This
increases the number of confirmed cases in Germany to a total
of 417. New cases were distributed among the federal states
as follows: North Rhine-Westphalia (20),Baden-Wrttemberg
(4),Hesse (3),Schleswig-Holstein (1) and Bavaria (1).
¶3. (SBU) North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) remains the state
showing the highest number of infections among all German
states with 193 confirmed cases, followed by Baden-
Wuerttemberg (64) and Bavaria (57 cases). The Federal State
of Saarland remains the only state without confirmed virus
cases. Over half of all confirmed infections in Germany
resulted from domestic transmission. To date, this number sits
at a total of 230.
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