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09BERLIN852
2009-07-15 05:37:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 763 CONFIRMED CASES
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UNCLAS BERLIN 000852
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: 763 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 844, B) Berlin 839 and previous.
UNCLAS BERLIN 000852
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: 763 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 844, B) Berlin 839 and previous.
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany
rose by 26 cases to a total of 763 on July 14. Seven federal
states reported new cases. The 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 14 a total of 26 new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1.
This increases the total number of virus cases in Germany to
763. New cases were distributed among seven federal states:
Baden-Wuerttemberg (5),Lower-Saxony (13),Saxony-Anhalt (2),
Thuringia (3) Hamburg (1),Rhineland-Palatinate (1) and Hesse
(1). RKI reports that 23 of the 26 newly confirmed virus
cases occurred abroad, mainly from travel to Spain/Mallorca.
The majority of all cases display mild symptoms.
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 (102) and Bavaria
(93 cases). Over half (405) 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: 763 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 844, B) Berlin 839 and previous.
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany
rose by 26 cases to a total of 763 on July 14. Seven federal
states reported new cases. The 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 14 a total of 26 new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1.
This increases the total number of virus cases in Germany to
763. New cases were distributed among seven federal states:
Baden-Wuerttemberg (5),Lower-Saxony (13),Saxony-Anhalt (2),
Thuringia (3) Hamburg (1),Rhineland-Palatinate (1) and Hesse
(1). RKI reports that 23 of the 26 newly confirmed virus
cases occurred abroad, mainly from travel to Spain/Mallorca.
The majority of all cases display mild symptoms.
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 (102) and Bavaria
(93 cases). Over half (405) of all confirmed infections in
Germany have resulted from domestic transmission.
POLLARD