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09BERLIN844
2009-07-13 14:52:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 737 CONFIRMED CASES
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UNCLAS BERLIN 000844
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: 737 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 839, B) Berlin 828 and previous.
UNCLAS BERLIN 000844
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: 737 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 839, B) Berlin 828 and previous.
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany
rose by 46 cases to a total of 737 on July 13. Majority of
new infections occurred abroad. END SUMMARY.
2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the
Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing
July 13 a total of 46 new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1.
This increases the total number of virus cases in Germany to
737. New cases were distributed among the federal states as
follows: Lower-Saxony (16),Schleswig-Holstein (7),Bavaria
(6),North Rhine-Westphalia (3),Baden-Wuerttemberg (3),
Berlin (3),Rhineland-Palatinate (2),Hesse (2),Saxony (2),
Bremen (1),and Saarland (1). RKI reports that 25 of the 46
newly confirmed virus cases occurred abroad, mainly from
travel to Spain. In the majority of all cases, the course of
the virus is reportedly mild.
3. (SBU) North Rhine-Westphalia remains the state with the
highest number of virus cases among all German states with a
total of 318, followed by Baden-Wuerttemberg (97) and Bavaria
(93 cases). Over half (402) of all confirmed infections in
Germany have resulted from domestic transmission.
POLLARD
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: 737 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 839, B) Berlin 828 and previous.
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany
rose by 46 cases to a total of 737 on July 13. Majority of
new infections occurred abroad. END SUMMARY.
2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the
Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing
July 13 a total of 46 new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1.
This increases the total number of virus cases in Germany to
737. New cases were distributed among the federal states as
follows: Lower-Saxony (16),Schleswig-Holstein (7),Bavaria
(6),North Rhine-Westphalia (3),Baden-Wuerttemberg (3),
Berlin (3),Rhineland-Palatinate (2),Hesse (2),Saxony (2),
Bremen (1),and Saarland (1). RKI reports that 25 of the 46
newly confirmed virus cases occurred abroad, mainly from
travel to Spain. In the majority of all cases, the course of
the virus is reportedly mild.
3. (SBU) North Rhine-Westphalia remains the state with the
highest number of virus cases among all German states with a
total of 318, followed by Baden-Wuerttemberg (97) and Bavaria
(93 cases). Over half (402) of all confirmed infections in
Germany have resulted from domestic transmission.
POLLARD