Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BRIDGETOWN331
2009-06-04 22:04:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Bridgetown
Cable title:
BARBADOS RECORDS FIRST H1N1 CASE
VZCZCXRO0985 PP RUEHGR 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.
GOGGIN
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.
GOGGIN