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09CARACAS673
2009-06-01 19:51:00
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Embassy Caracas
Cable title:
VENEZUELA REPORTS THREE CONFIRMED H1N1 CASES
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FOR WHA/BSC, WHA/EPSC AND OES/IHB
FOR MED
FOR DS/IP/WHA
FOR CA/DCS
E.O. 12958: N/A
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SUBJECT: VENEZUELA REPORTS THREE CONFIRMED H1N1 CASES
UNCLAS CARACAS 000673
SIPDIS
FOR WHA/BSC, WHA/EPSC AND OES/IHB
FOR MED
FOR DS/IP/WHA
FOR CA/DCS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AMED ASEC CASC KPAO KSAF TBIO KFLU KSEAO KSTH
VE
SUBJECT: VENEZUELA REPORTS THREE CONFIRMED H1N1 CASES
1. On May 28, via a press release on its website
(www.mpps.gob.ve),the Venezuelan Ministry of Health (MoH)
confirmed the first case of H1N1 in Venezuela. According to
the press release, the individual, a male of 22 years,
returned May 25 from a five day trip to Panama and
subsequently checked into a private clinic, which, upon
evaluation of his symptoms, initiated the chain of diagnosis,
notification, and testing that led to the MoH's confirmation
of H1N1. On May 29, a subsequent MoH press release confirmed
a second H1N1 case, a 24 year old female who had traveled on
the same flight as the first patient (Copa Airlines Flight
221 from Panama.) The second patient, according to the MoH
press release, had "high risk contact" with the first
confirmed case. Press reports indicate that she is the
girlfriend of the first confirmed patient. In addition, the
media has reported a human to human transmission, that of a
relative of the first patient confirmed with H1N1. All three
confirmed cases are reported to be stable and under strict
medical surveillance and confinement.
2. Post's EAC met to review the situation on May 29 and has
determined that we remain at tripwire one.
CAULFIELD
SIPDIS
FOR WHA/BSC, WHA/EPSC AND OES/IHB
FOR MED
FOR DS/IP/WHA
FOR CA/DCS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AMED ASEC CASC KPAO KSAF TBIO KFLU KSEAO KSTH
VE
SUBJECT: VENEZUELA REPORTS THREE CONFIRMED H1N1 CASES
1. On May 28, via a press release on its website
(www.mpps.gob.ve),the Venezuelan Ministry of Health (MoH)
confirmed the first case of H1N1 in Venezuela. According to
the press release, the individual, a male of 22 years,
returned May 25 from a five day trip to Panama and
subsequently checked into a private clinic, which, upon
evaluation of his symptoms, initiated the chain of diagnosis,
notification, and testing that led to the MoH's confirmation
of H1N1. On May 29, a subsequent MoH press release confirmed
a second H1N1 case, a 24 year old female who had traveled on
the same flight as the first patient (Copa Airlines Flight
221 from Panama.) The second patient, according to the MoH
press release, had "high risk contact" with the first
confirmed case. Press reports indicate that she is the
girlfriend of the first confirmed patient. In addition, the
media has reported a human to human transmission, that of a
relative of the first patient confirmed with H1N1. All three
confirmed cases are reported to be stable and under strict
medical surveillance and confinement.
2. Post's EAC met to review the situation on May 29 and has
determined that we remain at tripwire one.
CAULFIELD