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09BERLIN808
2009-07-06 05:39:00
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Embassy Berlin
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GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: SPIKE IN H1N1 INFECTIONS,
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UNCLAS BERLIN 000808
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: SPIKE IN H1N1 INFECTIONS,
470 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 795, B) Berlin 783 and previous.
UNCLAS BERLIN 000808
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: SPIKE IN H1N1 INFECTIONS,
470 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 795, B) Berlin 783 and previous.
¶1. (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany
rose by 41 cases to a total of 470 on July 2. Germany's
airports take different precautions to keep the virus from
spreading. END SUMMARY.
¶2. (SBU) On July 2, the National Reference Center for
Influenza at RKI announced in its press briefing forty-one new
laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 for Germany. This
increases the total number of confirmed virus cases in Germany
to 470. New cases were distributed among the federal states
as follows: North Rhine Westphalia (22),Baden-Wuerttemberg
(4),Saxony (4),Lower-Saxony (3),Bavaria (3),Schleswig-
Holstein (2),Hesse (1),Saxony-Anhalt (1) and Mecklenburg-
Vorpommern (1).
¶3. (SBU) North Rhine-Westphalia received a spike in cases
with 22 new confirmed infections and remains the state showing
the highest number of virus cases among all German states with
a total of 219, followed by Baden-Wuerttemberg (69) and
Bavaria (62 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 272.
Precautionary Measures at German Airports differ
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¶4. (SBU) Transport Ministry officials confirmed July 2 media
reports that Germany's airports take different precautions to
keep the virus from spreading. Airports in Germany fall under
the authority of the state, not the federal government.
State authorities decide on appropriate surveillance
procedures for each individual airport. According to the
media, Duesseldorf airport maintains a high level of
precautions, while Frankfurt has slightly reduced its
measures. In Frankfurt, medical personal will enter an
airplane only if the cabin crew reports a sick passenger.
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