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Created
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09BERLIN828
2009-07-09 13:15:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 641 CONFIRMED CASES
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UNCLAS BERLIN 000828
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: 641 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 819, B) Berlin 817 and previous.
UNCLAS BERLIN 000828
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: 641 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 819, B) Berlin 817 and previous.
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by
50 cases to a total of 641 on July 9. END SUMMARY.
2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert
Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing July 9 a total
of 50 new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1. This increases the
total number of virus cases in Germany to 641. New cases were
distributed among the federal states as follows: North Rhine
Westphalia (17),Baden-Wuerttemberg (2),Bavaria (1),Berlin (5),
Hamburg (1),Hesse (2),Lower-Saxony (15),Rhineland-Palatinate (5),
and Saxony (2).
3. (SBU) North Rhine-Westphalia remains the state with the highest
number of virus cases among all German states with a total of 307,
followed by Baden-Wuerttemberg (86) and Bavaria (67 cases). The
Federal State of Saarland remains the only state without confirmed
virus cases. Over half (369) 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: 641 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 819, B) Berlin 817 and previous.
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by
50 cases to a total of 641 on July 9. END SUMMARY.
2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert
Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing July 9 a total
of 50 new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1. This increases the
total number of virus cases in Germany to 641. New cases were
distributed among the federal states as follows: North Rhine
Westphalia (17),Baden-Wuerttemberg (2),Bavaria (1),Berlin (5),
Hamburg (1),Hesse (2),Lower-Saxony (15),Rhineland-Palatinate (5),
and Saxony (2).
3. (SBU) North Rhine-Westphalia remains the state with the highest
number of virus cases among all German states with a total of 307,
followed by Baden-Wuerttemberg (86) and Bavaria (67 cases). The
Federal State of Saarland remains the only state without confirmed
virus cases. Over half (369) of all confirmed infections in Germany
have resulted from domestic transmission.
KOENIG