Identifier
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09BRIDGETOWN331
2009-06-04 22:04:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Bridgetown
Cable title:  

BARBADOS RECORDS FIRST H1N1 CASE

Tags:  TBIO KFLU XL 
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DE RUEHWN #0331 1552204
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 042204Z JUN 09
FM AMEMBASSY BRIDGETOWN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7452
INFO RUCNCOM/EC CARICOM COLLECTIVE
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHDC
RUMIAAA/HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
UNCLAS BRIDGETOWN 000331 

SIPDIS

HHS PLS PASS CDC
STATE FOR WHA/CAR AND OES
STATE PLS PASS AID

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU XL
SUBJECT: BARBADOS RECORDS FIRST H1N1 CASE

UNCLAS BRIDGETOWN 000331

SIPDIS

HHS PLS PASS CDC
STATE FOR WHA/CAR AND OES
STATE PLS PASS AID

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU XL
SUBJECT: BARBADOS RECORDS FIRST H1N1 CASE


1. (U) Barbados' acting health minister confirmed on June 3 the
first recorded case of swine flu. The case was confirmed by the
Caribbean Epidemiology Research Centre in Trinidad (CAREC). The
Barbados public health office announced that a 19-year-old Barbadian
man tested positive for the H1N1 strain, adding that his case is
mild and he has been quarantined at home. Epidemiologists say the
man had not recently travelled outside of Barbados. Press and
public reaction has been muted, and the government remains confident
that it has sufficient controls at ports of entry and sufficiently
trained medical staff to mitigate and manage any H1N1 outbreak.
Barbados has not requested USG assistance, and CAREC, which is now
receiving several samples daily from throughout the CARICOM region
for testing, believes they have enough staff to handle the
workload.

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