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Created
Classification
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09BRUSSELS1170
2009-08-24 09:44:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Brussels
Cable title:
BELGIUM: 746 NEW H1N1 CASES ESTIMATED FOR AUGUST 16-20
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UNCLAS BRUSSELS 001170
SIPDIS
STATE FOR OES/IHB
STATE PASS USTR JANE DOHERTY
STATE PASS USAID
STATE PASS HHS/NIH
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
PINR, AMGT, TF, BE
SUBJECT: BELGIUM: 746 NEW H1N1 CASES ESTIMATED FOR AUGUST 16-20
REF: BRUSSELS 1136
UNCLAS BRUSSELS 001170
SIPDIS
STATE FOR OES/IHB
STATE PASS USTR JANE DOHERTY
STATE PASS USAID
STATE PASS HHS/NIH
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
PINR, AMGT, TF, BE
SUBJECT: BELGIUM: 746 NEW H1N1 CASES ESTIMATED FOR AUGUST 16-20
REF: BRUSSELS 1136
¶1. (U) Belgian health authorities announced on August 20 an
estimated 1100 new cases of H1N1 in Belgium, based on extrapolations
of cases of 6633 patients who had visited the 180 doctors who
comprise the country's H1N1 network that is the basis for the
extrapolation. Authorities estimate 3453 persons have been infected
since the outbreak began in Belgium at the end of April, with one
death linked to H1N1. The government's announcement also indicated
that authorities consider that the spread of the H1N1 virus is
relatively moderate and within seasonal norms.
GUTMAN