Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BERLIN795
2009-07-01 14:48:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 429 CONFIRMED CASES
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UNCLAS BERLIN 000795
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: 429 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 783, B) Berlin 781 and previous.
UNCLAS BERLIN 000795
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: 429 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 783, B) Berlin 781 and previous.
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose
by 12 cases to a total of 429 on July 1. END SUMMARY.
2. (SBU) On July 1, the National Reference Center for Influenza at
RKI announced in its press briefing thirteen new
laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 for Germany, and subtracted one
previously confirmed case. This net increase of twelve cases brings
the total to 429. One H1N1 infection previously confirmed in Hesse
was rescinded. New cases were distributed among the federal states
as follows: Hesse (-1),North Rhine-Westphalia (4),Lower-Saxony
(3),Bavaria (2),Thuringia (2),Saxony (1),and Baden-W|rttemberg
(1).
3. (SBU) North Rhine-Westphalia remains the state showing the
highest number of infections among all German states with 197
confirmed cases, followed by Baden-Wuerttemberg (65) and Bavaria (59
cases). The Federal State of Saarland remains the only state
without confirmed virus cases. The number of confirmed virus
infections resulting from domestic transmission increased by 5
bringing the total up to 235.
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: 429 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 783, B) Berlin 781 and previous.
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose
by 12 cases to a total of 429 on July 1. END SUMMARY.
2. (SBU) On July 1, the National Reference Center for Influenza at
RKI announced in its press briefing thirteen new
laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 for Germany, and subtracted one
previously confirmed case. This net increase of twelve cases brings
the total to 429. One H1N1 infection previously confirmed in Hesse
was rescinded. New cases were distributed among the federal states
as follows: Hesse (-1),North Rhine-Westphalia (4),Lower-Saxony
(3),Bavaria (2),Thuringia (2),Saxony (1),and Baden-W|rttemberg
(1).
3. (SBU) North Rhine-Westphalia remains the state showing the
highest number of infections among all German states with 197
confirmed cases, followed by Baden-Wuerttemberg (65) and Bavaria (59
cases). The Federal State of Saarland remains the only state
without confirmed virus cases. The number of confirmed virus
infections resulting from domestic transmission increased by 5
bringing the total up to 235.
KOENIG