Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BERLIN989
2009-08-13 07:47:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
H1N1 UPDATE: 10,600 CONFIRMED CASES
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UNCLAS BERLIN 000989
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: 10,600 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 984, B) Berlin 977 and previous.
UNCLAS BERLIN 000989
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: 10,600 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 984, B) Berlin 977 and previous.
1. (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in
Germany increased by 445 new cases bringing the total as of
August 12 to 10,600. The majority of new infections occurred
abroad and Germany's hospitals reported an increase in walk-in
patients concerned that they may be H1N1 positive. END
SUMMARY.
2. (U) At its August 12 press briefing, the National
Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute
(RKI)
confirmed a total of 445 new H1N1 cases (laboratory and non-
laboratory) in Germany over yesterday. This increased the
total number of H1N1 cases in Germany to 10,600. New cases
were distributed among the federal states as follows: North
Rhine-Westphalia (160),Rhineland-Palatinate (67),Bavaria
(50),Saarland (31),Hesse (30),Hamburg (28),Brandenburg
(19),Saxony (17),Berlin (15),Thuringia (13),Saxony-Anhalt
(8),Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (5) and Bremen (2).
3. (U) According to RKI, 345 of the 445 new cases are
attributed to people returning from travel abroad. New cases
also include non-laboratory H1N1 cases from people who
exhibited symptoms after being in contact with a laboratory
confirmed infected person. So far, all new cases are
reportedly mild.
4. (U) North Rhine-Westphalia remains the German state with
the highest number of confirmed virus cases with a total of
3,876, followed by Lower-Saxony (1866) and Baden-Wuerttemberg
(1014). About 22 percent (2332) of all confirmed infections
in Germany have resulted from domestic transmission.
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: 10,600 CONFIRMED CASES
REF: A) Berlin 984, B) Berlin 977 and previous.
1. (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in
Germany increased by 445 new cases bringing the total as of
August 12 to 10,600. The majority of new infections occurred
abroad and Germany's hospitals reported an increase in walk-in
patients concerned that they may be H1N1 positive. END
SUMMARY.
2. (U) At its August 12 press briefing, the National
Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute
(RKI)
confirmed a total of 445 new H1N1 cases (laboratory and non-
laboratory) in Germany over yesterday. This increased the
total number of H1N1 cases in Germany to 10,600. New cases
were distributed among the federal states as follows: North
Rhine-Westphalia (160),Rhineland-Palatinate (67),Bavaria
(50),Saarland (31),Hesse (30),Hamburg (28),Brandenburg
(19),Saxony (17),Berlin (15),Thuringia (13),Saxony-Anhalt
(8),Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (5) and Bremen (2).
3. (U) According to RKI, 345 of the 445 new cases are
attributed to people returning from travel abroad. New cases
also include non-laboratory H1N1 cases from people who
exhibited symptoms after being in contact with a laboratory
confirmed infected person. So far, all new cases are
reportedly mild.
4. (U) North Rhine-Westphalia remains the German state with
the highest number of confirmed virus cases with a total of
3,876, followed by Lower-Saxony (1866) and Baden-Wuerttemberg
(1014). About 22 percent (2332) of all confirmed infections
in Germany have resulted from domestic transmission.
BRADTKE