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09BERLIN839
2009-07-10 16:10:00
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Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 691 CONFIRMED CASES
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STATE FOR EUR/CE PETER SCHROEDER
STATE FOR OES/IHB
STATE FOR AID/GH/HIDN
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TAGS: TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
SUBJECT: GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 691 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 828, B) Berlin 819 and previous.
UNCLAS BERLIN 000839
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: 691 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 828, B) Berlin 819 and previous.
¶1. (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany
rose by 50 cases to a total of 691 on July 10. Media reports
indicate first case of H1N1 in the Federal State of Saarland.
END SUMMARY.
¶2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the
Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press
briefing July 10 a total of 50 new laboratory-confirmed cases
of H1N1. This increases the total number of virus cases in
Germany to 691. New cases were distributed among the federal
states
as follows: Bavaria (20),North Rhine-Westphalia (8),Baden-
Wuerttemberg (8),Rhineland-Palatinate (5),Berlin (4),
Schleswig-Holstein (3),Bremen (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 315, followed by Baden-Wuerttemberg (94) and
Bavaria (87 cases). Over half (381) of all confirmed
infections in Germany have resulted from domestic
transmission.
First case of H1N1 in the Federal State of Saarland
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¶4. (SBU) To date, the Federal State of Saarland remains the
only state without confirmed virus cases. However, media
reports indicate a 24-year old woman from Saarland to be
infected with the virus. She returned from a trip to Mallorca
(Spain) with flu-like symptoms and was tested positive for the
virus. However, RKI has not confirmed this case.
Additional school closures
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¶5. (SBU) Media reported July 9 that several schools in
Bavaria were closed due to confirmed H1N1 infections of
students. A school in Markt Schwaben was closed on Thursday
and Friday after two 15-year old students were tested positive
for the virus. In addition, seven graders from another school
in Neufarn were sent home on Wednesday after the virus was
confirmed in a 13-year old student. The student reportedly
caught the virus from his father who returned from a trip to
Chile and was confirmed to have the virus.
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