Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BRIDGETOWN402
2009-07-02 12:20:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Bridgetown
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UNCLAS BRIDGETOWN 000402
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KFLU TBIO KSTH XL
SUBJECT: SAINT LUCIA FIRST H1N1 CASE
UNCLAS BRIDGETOWN 000402
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KFLU TBIO KSTH XL
SUBJECT: SAINT LUCIA FIRST H1N1 CASE
1. (U) According to press coverage, St. Lucia has reported
its first case of H1N1. The Ministry of Health was informed
on June 26th by the Caribbean Epidemology Center (CAREC)
based in Trinidad that the sample of a 32 year old woman was
positive for the H1N1 virus. The patient had recently
returned from a trip to the United Kingdom and is currently
recovering. Accoridng to CAREC's latest statistics
(confirmed by CDC),this is the fifth case in the Eastern
Caribbean region, with three recorded in Barbados and one in
Dominica.
HARDT
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KFLU TBIO KSTH XL
SUBJECT: SAINT LUCIA FIRST H1N1 CASE
1. (U) According to press coverage, St. Lucia has reported
its first case of H1N1. The Ministry of Health was informed
on June 26th by the Caribbean Epidemology Center (CAREC)
based in Trinidad that the sample of a 32 year old woman was
positive for the H1N1 virus. The patient had recently
returned from a trip to the United Kingdom and is currently
recovering. Accoridng to CAREC's latest statistics
(confirmed by CDC),this is the fifth case in the Eastern
Caribbean region, with three recorded in Barbados and one in
Dominica.
HARDT