Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09HARARE618
2009-07-29 10:14:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Harare
Cable title:
ZIMBABWE H1N1 FLU: TWO CASES CONFIRMED
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UNCLAS HARARE 000618
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU ECON EAGR PHUM ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE H1N1 FLU: TWO CASES CONFIRMED
UNCLAS HARARE 000618
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU ECON EAGR PHUM ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE H1N1 FLU: TWO CASES CONFIRMED
1. (U) To date, only two cases of the H1N1 flu virus have been
documented in Zimbabwe. Both of these imported cases were
contracted and confirmed by laboratories outside of Zimbabwe.
2. (U) In ONE confirmed case, an Indian man contracted the disease
outside Zimbabwe, probably in London, before returning home to
Zimbabwe. In another case, an 18-year-old Zimbabwean male
contracted H1N1 while at a squash tournament in Cape Town, South
Africa. The squash player and several other young athletes who
contracted the virus shared a water pipe while in Cape Town.
3. (U) Zimbabwe lacks adequate testing capabilities for H1N1, as
resources are divided between two laboratories in Harare and
Bulawayo, leaving neither capable of testing for the virus. The
World HEALTH Organization in Zimbabwe has adequate stocks of
tamiflu.
DHANANI
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU ECON EAGR PHUM ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE H1N1 FLU: TWO CASES CONFIRMED
1. (U) To date, only two cases of the H1N1 flu virus have been
documented in Zimbabwe. Both of these imported cases were
contracted and confirmed by laboratories outside of Zimbabwe.
2. (U) In ONE confirmed case, an Indian man contracted the disease
outside Zimbabwe, probably in London, before returning home to
Zimbabwe. In another case, an 18-year-old Zimbabwean male
contracted H1N1 while at a squash tournament in Cape Town, South
Africa. The squash player and several other young athletes who
contracted the virus shared a water pipe while in Cape Town.
3. (U) Zimbabwe lacks adequate testing capabilities for H1N1, as
resources are divided between two laboratories in Harare and
Bulawayo, leaving neither capable of testing for the virus. The
World HEALTH Organization in Zimbabwe has adequate stocks of
tamiflu.
DHANANI