Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BERLIN819
2009-07-08 14:07:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 591 CONFIRMED CASES
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UNCLAS BERLIN 000819
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: 591 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 817, B) Berlin 812 and previous.
UNCLAS BERLIN 000819
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: 591 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 817, B) Berlin 812 and previous.
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany
rose by 43 cases to a total of 591 on July 8. END SUMMARY.
2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the
Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing
July 8 a total of 43 new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1.
This increases the total number of virus cases in Germany to
591. New cases were distributed among the federal states as
follows: North Rhine Westphalia (25),Baden-Wuerttemberg (6),
Bavaria (4),Berlin (2),Lower-Saxony (2),Brandenburg (1),
Saxony (1),Saxony-Anhalt (1),and Thuringia (1).
3. (SBU) North Rhine-Westphalia remains the state with the
highest number of virus cases among all German states with a
total of 290, followed by Baden-Wuerttemberg (84) and Bavaria
(66 cases). The Federal State of Saarland remains the only
state without confirmed virus cases. Over half (335) of all
confirmed infections in Germany have resulted from domestic
transmission.
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: 591 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 817, B) Berlin 812 and previous.
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany
rose by 43 cases to a total of 591 on July 8. END SUMMARY.
2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the
Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing
July 8 a total of 43 new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1.
This increases the total number of virus cases in Germany to
591. New cases were distributed among the federal states as
follows: North Rhine Westphalia (25),Baden-Wuerttemberg (6),
Bavaria (4),Berlin (2),Lower-Saxony (2),Brandenburg (1),
Saxony (1),Saxony-Anhalt (1),and Thuringia (1).
3. (SBU) North Rhine-Westphalia remains the state with the
highest number of virus cases among all German states with a
total of 290, followed by Baden-Wuerttemberg (84) and Bavaria
(66 cases). The Federal State of Saarland remains the only
state without confirmed virus cases. Over half (335) of all
confirmed infections in Germany have resulted from domestic
transmission.
KOENIG