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Created
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09BERLIN977
2009-08-10 15:30:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
H1N1 UPDATE: 9,770 CONFIRMED CASES
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UNCLAS BERLIN 000977
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: H1N1 UPDATE: 9,770 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 962, B) Berlin 937 and previous.
UNCLAS BERLIN 000977
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: H1N1 UPDATE: 9,770 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 962, B) Berlin 937 and previous.
1. (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany
rose over the week end by 557 to a total of 9,770 on August
10. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. Berlin
authorities are taking additional precautionary measures in
preparation for the 12th IAAF World Athletic Championship which
begin August 15th in Berlin. END SUMMARY.
2. (U) At its August 10 press briefing, the National
Reference
Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
confirmed a total of 557 new (laboratory and non-laboratory)
H1N1 cases over the week end in Germany. This increases the
total number of H1N1 cases to 9,770. New cases were
distributed among the federal states: North Rhine-Westphalia
(218),Lower-Saxony (82),Baden-Wuerttemberg (67),Rhineland-
Palatinate (52),Hesse (43),Thuringia (23),Bavaria (20),
Saxony (18),Brandenburg (13),Saxony-Anhalt (9),Bremen (6),
and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (6).
3. (U) According to RKI, the increase in the number of
infections is mainly due to people returning from travel
abroad (437 new cases). Newly confirmed cases include
laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 as well as non-laboratory-
confirmed cases, mainly from people who have showed symptoms
after being in contact with a patient who has been tested
positive at a laboratory for the new virus. So far, all cases
are reportedly mild.
4. (U) North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) remains the German state
with the highest number of virus cases among all German states
with a total of 3,583, followed by Lower-Saxony (1749) and
Bavaria (833 cases). About 22 percent (2141) of all confirmed
infections in Germany have resulted from domestic
transmission.
Police order 400,000 protection masks
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5. (U) Berlin authorities are taking additional precautionary
measures In preparation for the 12th IAAF World Athletic
Championship which begin August 15th in Berlin. The police
have ordered 400,000 protection masks for their 23,000
employees and established a 20 person "pandemic working
group." Hotels housing athletes and big shopping malls have
installed disinfectant dispensers to avoid a further spread of
the virus. Berlin's Health Senator Katrin Lompscher (The Left)
and Sport Senator Ehrhard Koerting (SPD) are expected announce
on August 12th Berlin's plans to deal with any increase of the
flu during the Championship. Event organizers expect 2,500
athletes and as many as 500,000 spectators during the 9-day
event.
BRADTKE
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: H1N1 UPDATE: 9,770 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 962, B) Berlin 937 and previous.
1. (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany
rose over the week end by 557 to a total of 9,770 on August
10. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. Berlin
authorities are taking additional precautionary measures in
preparation for the 12th IAAF World Athletic Championship which
begin August 15th in Berlin. END SUMMARY.
2. (U) At its August 10 press briefing, the National
Reference
Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
confirmed a total of 557 new (laboratory and non-laboratory)
H1N1 cases over the week end in Germany. This increases the
total number of H1N1 cases to 9,770. New cases were
distributed among the federal states: North Rhine-Westphalia
(218),Lower-Saxony (82),Baden-Wuerttemberg (67),Rhineland-
Palatinate (52),Hesse (43),Thuringia (23),Bavaria (20),
Saxony (18),Brandenburg (13),Saxony-Anhalt (9),Bremen (6),
and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (6).
3. (U) According to RKI, the increase in the number of
infections is mainly due to people returning from travel
abroad (437 new cases). Newly confirmed cases include
laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 as well as non-laboratory-
confirmed cases, mainly from people who have showed symptoms
after being in contact with a patient who has been tested
positive at a laboratory for the new virus. So far, all cases
are reportedly mild.
4. (U) North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) remains the German state
with the highest number of virus cases among all German states
with a total of 3,583, followed by Lower-Saxony (1749) and
Bavaria (833 cases). About 22 percent (2141) of all confirmed
infections in Germany have resulted from domestic
transmission.
Police order 400,000 protection masks
--------------
5. (U) Berlin authorities are taking additional precautionary
measures In preparation for the 12th IAAF World Athletic
Championship which begin August 15th in Berlin. The police
have ordered 400,000 protection masks for their 23,000
employees and established a 20 person "pandemic working
group." Hotels housing athletes and big shopping malls have
installed disinfectant dispensers to avoid a further spread of
the virus. Berlin's Health Senator Katrin Lompscher (The Left)
and Sport Senator Ehrhard Koerting (SPD) are expected announce
on August 12th Berlin's plans to deal with any increase of the
flu during the Championship. Event organizers expect 2,500
athletes and as many as 500,000 spectators during the 9-day
event.
BRADTKE