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09NASSAU288
2009-05-01 15:46:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Nassau
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Nassau H1N1 SITREP Update 1: Potential Cases Emerge

Tags:  KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR 
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UNCLAS NASSAU 000288 

UNCLASSIFIED

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
AMGT, MG, BF
SUBJECT: Nassau H1N1 SITREP Update 1: Potential Cases Emerge

REF: NASSAU 277

UNCLAS NASSAU 000288

UNCLASSIFIED

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
AMGT, MG, BF
SUBJECT: Nassau H1N1 SITREP Update 1: Potential Cases Emerge

REF: NASSAU 277


1. (U) According to press reports, medical authorities "reported
swine flu-like symptoms" in a New Providence resident recently
returned from Mexico. Minister of Health (MoH) Hubert Minnis
announced that the unidentified individual is under surveillance and
has elected to go into voluntary quarantine while authorities
confirm the illness.

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Eight Bahamian Students "Trapped" in Mexico;
Soccer Team Quarantined in New Providence
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2. (U) Eight Bahamian students studying at the University of
Montemorellos have been quarantined along with the general student
body within the University campus. Montemorellos is a two-hour
drive from location where the swine flu virus originated. Press
reports indicate that the students are not ill with the virus and
will likely be quarantined upon return to Nassau.


3. (U) A 12-member soccer team and two coaches went into voluntary
quarantine April 29 after attending a tournament in Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico. They will remain in quarantine until the incubation period
of the virus has passed. None are thought to be ill at this time.


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Post Holds EAC; Hosting Brown Bag on Flu
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4. (U) The EAC convened April 29 to review and approve influenza
pandemic tripwires and corresponding actions. The EAC approved the
new language unanimously. Post is updating the Crisis and Emergency
Planning Application (CEPA) and will host a Brown Bag for all
Mission staff on the H1N1 virus to disseminate information and
discuss preventative measures.


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