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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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09BEIJING1362 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 15
[...] (U) China's Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on May 20 that the suspected case in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) was not/not influenza A (H1N1),but was seasonal influenza H3. As of May 20, there are four confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) on Mainland China (REF A, B, E and G). Hong [...]
2009-05-20 10:46:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1377 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 16
[...] (U) China's Ministry of Health (MOH) notified Embassy Beijing on May 21 that the Beijing Health Bureau reported its second confirmed case of influenza A (H1N1) on May 20. This is the fifth confirmed cases on Mainland China. Hong Kong also has three confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1). -- [...]
2009-05-21 10:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1396 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 17
[...] (U) As of May 26, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced twelve confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) on Mainland China. There are five confirmed cases in Beijing, and one case each in the following cities: Chengdu, Jinan City (Shandong Province),Guangzhou, Fuzhou (Fujian Province),[...]
2009-05-26 11:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1466 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 18
[...] (U) As of COB June 2, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has officially communicated information about 43 confirmed cases of infection by the novel 2009 A/H1N1 influenza virus and one suspected case. Ten of those confirmed cases involve American citizens. Confirmed cases have been detected in e [...]
2009-06-02 09:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1548 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 19
[...] (U) As of COB June 9, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has officially communicated information about 97 confirmed cases of infection by the novel 2009 influenza A/H1N1. 27 of those confirmed cases involve American citizens. Confirmed cases have been detected in nine provinces and the municip [...]
2009-06-09 10:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1596CHINESE HEALTH OFFICIAL: H1N1 QUARANTINES WILL
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: During a June 12 meeting Beijing Health and Human Services (HHS) Attache had with Director General REN Minghui (please protect),head of the Ministry of Health's (MOH) Department of International Cooperation, to discuss other areas of the bilateral health relationship, [...]
2009-06-15 08:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALKFLU KFLO KSAF KPAO AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO PREL
09BEIJING1636 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 20
[...] (U) As of COB June 16, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has officially communicated information about 227 confirmed cases of infection by the novel 2009 influenza A/H1N1. Of the confirmed cases, 70 are American citizens. Confirmed cases have been detected in 15 provinces and the municipaliti [...]
2009-06-17 07:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1705 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 21
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health (MOH) has scaled back its H1N1 reporting system. As of June 21, MOH now only requires daily case tallies from the Health Departments in the municipalities and provinces and no longer requires case-by-case reporting. MOH notification to Embassy Beijing now reflects [...]
2009-06-23 09:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1816 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 22
[...] (U) As of COB July 1, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has officially communicated information about 867 confirmed cases of infection by the novel 2009 influenza A/H1N1. Confirmed cases have been detected in 19 provinces and the municipalities of Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai and Tianjin. Of [...]
2009-07-01 11:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1885 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 23
[...] (U) As of COB July 7, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has officially communicated information about 1151 confirmed cases of infection by the novel 2009 influenza A/H1N1. Confirmed cases have been detected in 19 provinces and the municipalities of Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai and Tianjin. Of t [...]
2009-07-08 03:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1974 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP #24
[...] (U) China's Ministry of Health (MOH) informed Post on July 13 that as of July 11, it would no longer be sending daily notifications on newly-confirmed H1N1 cases and directed us to the MOH website for the latest H1N1 information. MOH now posts a daily announcement on their website that includ [...]
2009-07-14 03:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09BEIJING257AVIAN INFLUENZA--CHINA UPDATE JAN/FEB 2009
[...] SUMMARY: (U) As the country shut down and the population traveled home for the Chinese New Year, four more cases of human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI),influenza A/H5N1, were confirmed (during the January 24-31 period) in the provinces of Guizhou and Hunan, as well a [...]
2009-02-03 23:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR PREL HHS CH
09BEIRUT1006LEBANESE MADOFF LOSES $1.6 BILLION IN INVESTOR FUNDS
[...] (U) Local and international media have reported extensively on the case of Salah Ezzedine, dubbed the Lebanese Bernard Madoff, after he declared bankruptcy and gave himself up to the authorities. Reports noted that Ezzedine may have lost as much as $1.6 billion in investor money, mainly due to [...]
2009-09-11 06:03:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND EINT ETRD KFLU SENV LE
09BEIRUT1118IMF PROPOSES INCLUDING REMITTANCES IN GDP CALCULATIONS
[...] (U) An IMF working paper has suggested adding remittances to Lebanese GDP as a way to create a more accurate representation of debt sustainability. With gross remittance inflows to Lebanon estimated at around 20% percent of GDP in 2008 (making the country one of the largest recipients of remit [...]
2009-10-13 07:21:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KFLU PGOV LE
09BEIRUT502LEBANON: GOL TAKES PRECAUTIONS AGAINST SWINE FLU (ECONOMIC
[...] (U) GOL officials have quickly begun taking necessary precautions to deal with the potential swine flu pandemic. No cases of swine flu have been reported in Lebanon. The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has already banned the import of pigs and pork products (except canned and smoked products),[...]
2009-05-06 05:36:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT516LEBANON: ELECTRICITY FROM EGYPT EXPECTED TO RELIEVE POWER
[...] (U) On April 27, Lebanon started receiving 50 megawatts (MGW) electricity from Egypt as a start, following the signing of an agreement in February 2009 whereby Egypt would sell Lebanon between 150 and 450 MGW electricity through the power grid passing through Jordan and Syria. The additional e [...]
2009-05-11 05:21:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT556LEBANON: TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY EXPRESSES PRAISE FOR
[...] (U) Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey visited Beirut on May 15. He met with Minister of Finance Mohammad Chatah, the four Central Bank Vice Governors, Chairman of the Banking Control Commission Walid Alameddine, and members of the banking com [...]
2009-05-18 15:16:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT578LEBANON: ON ELECTION DAY, WILL MOBILE NETWORK BE
[...] (SBU) Following the reduction in mobile fees and charges by Ministry of Telecommunications (MOT),Lebanese consumers have rushed to acquire new mobile lines, now more affordable to low income users. Advisor to MOT Minister Antoine Boustani told us the two private companies managing the GOL-own [...]
2009-05-27 08:01:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT601LEBANON: IMF DENIES DISCUSSIONS WITH HIZBALLAH ON NEW
[...] (SBU) An IMF press statement clarified that the IMF February-March 2009 mission to Beirut met with major political parties, including Hizballah, as part of outreach activities within the scope of Article IV consultation discussions but did not make any agreement with Hizballah on a loan deal. [...]
2009-06-01 15:01:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT658LEBANON: EGYPT WILL SUPPLY LEBANON WITH NATURAL GAS
[...] (U) Minister of Energy and Water Alain Tabourian announced the signing on April 30 of an agreement with Egypt, whereby Egypt will supply Lebanon with a total of 600 cubic meters of natural gas per year. This agreement is part of the regional power grid project, which includes Lebanon and Egypt [...]
2009-06-12 13:56:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT664LEBANON: CABINET FINALLY APPROVES 2009 BUDGET; SENDS TO
[...] (SBU) After almost six months of heated discussions, the cabinet approved the 2009 budget during its June 12 session. The budget projects a deficit of approximately 30% of spending and around 10% of GDP. The budget includes appropriations for the Council of the South of around $40 million -- [...]
2009-06-15 13:07:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT685LEBANON: GOL EXPECTS 50% INCREASE IN TOURISM IN 2009
[...] (U) In an interview with French daily L'Orient le Jour on June 16, director general of the Ministry of Tourism (MOT) Nada Sardouk said she expects Lebanon to receive around two million total tourists in 2009, noting that 500,000 visited in the first four months of the year. The number of touri [...]
2009-06-22 13:35:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND PGOV KIPR KFLU LE
09BEIRUT716LEBANON: INDUSTRIALISTS LOBBY TO INCLUDE ALL LEBANESE
[...] (SBU) As part of the USTR's evaluations of ongoing country practices for the general system of preferences (GSP),the Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI) submitted a petition to include all Lebanese exports to the U.S. under the GSP program. In 2008, Lebanese exports to the U.S. were [...]
2009-06-29 07:48:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND PGOV ETRD KFLU SY LE
09BEIRUT743LEBANON: PM-DESIGNATE MENTIONS ECONOMIC REFORM (ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) In a June 30 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said that, as head of the new government, in parallel with his efforts to build up Lebanon's security services, he plans to pursue economic reforms, streamline business procedures, and [...]
2009-07-06 13:50:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND ETRD EAIR PGOV KFLU SENV LE
09BEIRUT813LEBANON: FINANCIAL SECTOR JOINS TOGETHER TO PROMOTE
[...] (SBU) The Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) and the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) jointly established a new committee to enhance corporate governance in the Lebanese banking sector. Amin Awad, a member of the Banking Control Commission (BCC),told us this committee was created in response [...]
2009-07-20 06:45:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND KFLU PGOV LE
09BEIRUT843LEBANON: JOB CREATION IS PRIORITY FOR PM-ELECT (ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Senior economic advisor to PM-elect Saad Hariri and potential finance minister in the next cabinet, Dr. Nadim Munla, said Hariri plans to focus on job creation and to enact a program creating at least 200,000 jobs over the next five years. Munla said on July 21 that Hariri was considerin [...]
2009-07-27 12:53:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND ETRD EWWT KIPR KFLU PGOV LE
09BEIRUT886LEBANON: POLITICAL CONSENSUS IS CORNERSTONE FOR REFORMS
[...] (SBU) During a series of meetings with EconOff July 21-22, government officials and prominent economic consultants stressed that politics had stalled reform and privatization. They believed political leaders wanted to preserve their vested interests in any future privatization. PM-elect Saad [...]
2009-08-06 04:36:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON EFIN EIND ETRD KIPR KFLU PGOV SENV LE
09BEIRUT905LEBANON: HEALTH MINISTRY CONSIDERS SWINE FLU ITS PRIORITY,
[...] (SBU) On August 4, Director General of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Walid Ammar told us he does not consider IPR a major priority for the MOPH. Instead of focusing on stricter rules on IPR for WTO accession to protect the interests of multinational pharmaceutical companies, Ammar asked [...]
2009-08-13 07:51:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELTN EINV ENRG ETRD KIPR KFLU PGOV LE
09BEIRUT906LEBANON: HEALTH MINISTRY CONSIDERS SWINE FLU ITS PRIORITY,
[...] (SBU) On August 4, Director General of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Walid Ammar told us he does not consider IPR a major priority for the MOPH. Instead of focusing on stricter rules on IPR for WTO accession to protect the interests of multinational pharmaceutical companies, Ammar asked [...]
2009-08-13 07:51:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELTN EINV ENRG ETRD KIPR KFLU PGOV LE
09BEIRUT957LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SAYS LEBANON STILL NEEDS
[...] (SBU) The Lebanese economy is booming, with tourists pouring in, hotel occupancy rates high, bank deposits rising, and growth set to beat all forecasts. Nonetheless, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh told the Ambassador August 14 that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri need [...]
2009-08-26 06:24:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINT KFLU PGOV SOCI LE
09BEIRUT986LEBANON: SWINE FLU WILL NOT DISRUPT THE BEGINNING OF THE
[...] (U) Following a meeting with Minister of Education Bahia Hariri on August 26, Minister of Public Health Mohammad Khalifeh announced that the number of swine flu cases had reached approximately 600, up from 500 last week. Hariri and Khalifeh insisted the GOL would not delay the upcoming school [...]
2009-09-03 05:37:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINT ETRD KFLU PGOV SCUL LE
09BELGRADE1240FIRST CONFIRMED SERBIAN H1N1 DEATH
[...] (SBU) Serbia confirmed its first fatality due to H1N1 influenza, on Wednesday, October 21, 2009. The victim was a 46 year old woman from Kraljevo, hospitalized in the central Serbian city of Kragujevac. According to the Institute of Public Health of Serbia, there are 134 confirmed cases of [...]
2009-10-26 14:43:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR KFLU AEMR PREL CASC AMGT SR
09BELGRADE1332Serbia Declares H1N1 Epidemic
[...] (U) On November 11 the GOS responded to mounting public and media concerns about H1N1 influenza and formally declared an epidemic. H1N1 is widespread in a number of Serbian cities; however, the majority of cases are not severe, with nine deaths reported thus far out of 258 confirmed cases. Th [...]
2009-11-12 16:01:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR KFLU AMGT PREL CASC PINR SR
09BELGRADE579SERBIA - FIRST CASE OF H1N1 INFLUENZA CONFIRMED
[...] Serbia confirmed its first case of H1N1 Influenza A, on June 25. According to media reports, the infected patient is a 29-year-old male who recently returned from Argentina. Predrag Kon, the chairman of the Health Ministry's working group on pandemic response, told the media that the patient [...]
2009-06-25 11:01:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT SR
09BELGRADE703SERBIA: MORE THAN 100 CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1 INFLUENZA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-20 14:51:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT SR
09BELMOPAN164 BELIZE: EAC PREPARATION AND STATUS UPDATE FOR H1N1 FLU -
[...] Summary: The EAC convened on April 28 to review the information known about the H1N1 flu virus outbreak, and to review post's Tripwires for Pandemic Flu. The EAC decided to restrict travel of American personnel and their families to neighboring Mexico and Guatemala until further notice as a [...]
2009-04-30 17:47:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR KFLU ASEC CASC AMGT BH
09BERLIN1001H1N1 UPDATE: 11,493 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 390 new cases, bringing the total as of August 14 to 11,493. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. A dispute between the government and the health insurance companies over flu shot payments has been resolv [...]
2009-08-14 14:30:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1007H1N1 UPDATE: 12,120 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 627 new cases, bringing the total as of August 17 to 12,120. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. The German government plans to order enough vaccine for 80 percent of its population. END SUMMARY 2. [...]
2009-08-17 15:27:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1012H1N1 UPDATE: 12,830 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased over the past two days by 710 new cases, bringing the total as of August 19 to 12,830. The daily rate of increase has slightly declined. On August 19, the Cabinet approved a Health Ministry regulation on establishing p [...]
2009-08-19 15:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1014H1N1 UPDATE: 13,180 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased over yesterday by 350 new cases, bringing the total as of August 20 to 13,180. Germany ranks first in confirmed virus infections among European countries. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 20 press briefing, the Na [...]
2009-08-20 15:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1023H1N1 UPDATE: 13,180 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 560 cases, bringing the total as of August 21 to 13,740. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 21 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed a total of 5 [...]
2009-08-24 05:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1025H1N1 UPDATE: 14,325 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased over the weekend by 585 cases, bringing the total as of August 24 to 14,325. Local health officials said that the recent Berlin World Championship in Athletics had no impact on the increase in H1N1 cases in the capital. [...]
2009-08-25 05:26:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1039H1N1 UPDATE: 14,581 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased slightly by 256 cases, bringing the total as of August 25 to 14,581. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 25 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed a t [...]
2009-08-26 11:51:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1046H1N1 UPDATE: 14,940 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased slightly by 359 cases, bringing the total as of August 26 to 14,940. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia proposes protection for pregnant women working with flu patients. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 26 press [...]
2009-08-27 12:17:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1047 H1N1 UPDATE: GERMANY PASSES 15,000 CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany has passed the 15,000 mark. On August 27, 319 new cases were reported, bringing the total to 15,259. German health authorities expect a second massive wave of infections in winter. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 27 press [...]
2009-08-27 14:37:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1056H1N1 UPDATE: 15,878 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose over the weekend to 15,878 cases on August 31. Opinion polls show that fewer Germans are interested in flu vaccination this fall/winter. Health authorities are planning an awareness campaign to encourage people to get vaccinat [...]
2009-08-31 15:27:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1089H1N1 UPDATE: 16,584 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose to 16,584 cases on September 3. Germany reported its first severe case of H1N1. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 3 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confir [...]
2009-09-04 07:55:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1096H1N1 UPDATE: 17,265 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The net number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 681 cases to 17,265 cases on September 8. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) At its September 8 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed a total of 698 new (labor [...]
2009-09-08 15:46:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN1104H1N1 UPDATE: 17,644 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 379 cases to 17,644 on September 9. Germany plans to order an additional 18 million courses of H1N1 vaccine. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 9 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Ro [...]
2009-09-09 14:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1111H1N1 UPDATE: 17,644 CONFIRMED CASES (UPDATED)
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 379 cases to 17,644 on September 9. Germany plans to order an additional 18 million doses of H1N1 vaccine. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 9 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Rober [...]
2009-09-10 09:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1115H1N1 UPDATE: 17,790 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 146 cases to 17,790 on September 10. Munich International School confirms case(s) of H1N1. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 10 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institu [...]
2009-09-10 15:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1128H1N1 UPDATE: 17,937 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 147 cases to 17,937 on September 11. Munich International School, which includes Mission children, has reported two cases of H1N1. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 11 press briefing, the National Reference Center [...]
2009-09-11 15:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1163H1N1 UPDATE: 19,015 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 218 cases to 19,015 on September 16. Nordrhein-Westfalen remains the German state with the highest number of confirmed virus cases. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 17 press briefing, the National Reference Cent [...]
2009-09-18 16:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1200Mission Germany Pandemic Influenza Working Group
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a September 18 meeting of Mission Germany's Pandemic Influenza Working Group (PIWG),Mission Germany remains under tripwire two. A core group of PIWG members will begin meeting biweekly as we head into the flu season. END SUMMARY 2. (U) Mission Germany's Pandemi [...]
2009-09-28 15:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1201H1N1 UPDATE: FIRST DEATH AS GERMANY HITS 20,000 MARK
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 175 cases over the weekend to a total of 20,068 on September 28. Germany reported its first suspected H1N1 death. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its September 28 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at [...]
2009-09-28 15:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1204GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL H1N1
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 16:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL KFLU WHO GM
09BERLIN1236H1N1 UPDATE: 21,129 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 481 cases to a total of 21,129 on October 2. RKI and ECDC have confirmed the first H1N1 death in Germany. Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that the H1N1 vaccine will be delivered to Germany in the com [...]
2009-10-02 15:37:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1267H1N1 Update: 22,110 Cases; Second Death Reported
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 507 cases to 22,110 on October 8. RKI has announced the death of a 5-year old boy from Munich (Bavaria) who had been infected with H1N1. Germany hopes to start its H1N1 vaccination program at the end of October. END SUMM [...]
2009-10-09 09:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1304H1N1 Update: 22,936 Cases; Concerns over Vaccine
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From October 7-13, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 942 cases to a total of 22,936. As of October 12, Germany is reporting new H1N1 cases on a weekly, rather than daily, basis. The Ministry of Health (BMG) announced that the H1N1 vaccination program will [...]
2009-10-20 06:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1389H1N1 Update: 29,907 Confirmed Cases; 4 New H1N1
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From October 21-29, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 3,075 to a total of 29,907 cases. Four more H1N1 deaths have been reported for a total of 6 deaths in Germany. In an October 26 meeting, the Vice President of the Robert Koch Institute stated that we ar [...]
2009-11-03 14:49:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1418H1N1 Spikes By Over a Third in a Week: 10,368 New
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From October 26 to November 1, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 10,368 cases to 40,271 total cases. Five more deaths were reported in Germany due to H1N1 increasing the total number of death to eleven. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its November 9 press briefi [...]
2009-11-09 15:20:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1451Spike of H1N1 Cases - 53,957 Total; 5 New Deaths
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From November 2-8, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 14,890 cases to a total of 53,957 cases. Five more H1N1 related deaths were reported in Germany, increasing the total number of deaths to sixteen. Germany plans to order 150,000 doses of a non-adjuvant v [...]
2009-11-16 15:51:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1500H1N1 Cases Continue to Skyrocket in Germany; New Low-
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From November 7-13, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 26,579 cases to a total of 86,654 cases. This is the third consecutive week with an approximately 30 percent increase in the number of confirmed H1N1 cases. The number of H1N1 deaths in Germany increas [...]
2009-11-24 15:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1518H1N1 Update: 132,965 Confirmed Cases, 61
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From November 8-20, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 33,787 cases to a total of 132,965 cases. The number of H1N1 deaths in Germany increased to sixty-one. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its weekly press briefing on November 30, the National Reference Center [...]
2009-12-01 14:17:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1576H1N1 Update: Infection Rate Peaked in November
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From November 28-December 4, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 11,582 to a total of 192,348 cases. The number of H1N1 deaths in Germany increased to ninety-four. Germany is considering selling its surplus H1N1 vaccine. Our analysis of infection rates sug [...]
2009-12-14 05:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1603H1N1 Update: Infection Rate Continues to Fall
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From December 5-December 11, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 6,800 to a total of 203,713 cases. The number of H1N1 deaths in Germany increased to 119. END SUMMARY 2. (U) The Influenza Working Group of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported on Dec [...]
2009-12-18 14:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN294Bavarian Avian Influenza Incident Report
[...] (U) Summary: A duck shot on January 10, 2009 in Bavaria was confirmed on March 10 as a carrier of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1virus. The bird was tested as part of a routine wild bird surveillance program. Germany considers the event an isolated incident, and there are no [...]
2009-03-12 15:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED EAGR TBIO KFLU PREL ECON CASC GM
09BERLIN4883 SUSPECTED SWINE FLU CASES IN GERMANY / EMBASSY
[...] (SBU) German media reported on April 27 that three Germans -- two men who recently returned from Mexico and a woman -- have been quarantined in the western city of Bielefeld after exhibiting swine flu-like symptoms. Preliminary tests on two of the patients did not support suspicions of swine [...]
2009-04-28 05:31:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN494GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 3 CONFIRMED, SEVERAL NEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed today three cases of Influenza-A-Virus A/H1N1 in Germany. Two of the cases were reportedly confirmed in Bavaria and one case in Hamburg. One man from near Regensburg (Bavaria),and two females--one from Kulmbach (Bavaria) and one from [...]
2009-04-29 12:56:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN495GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 3 CONFIRMED, SEVERAL NEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed today three cases of Influenza-A-Virus A/H1N1 in Germany. Two of the cases were reportedly confirmed in Bavaria and one case in Hamburg. One man from near Regensburg (Bavaria),and two females--one from Kulmbach (Bavaria) and one from [...]
2009-04-29 13:17:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN512GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 8 CONFIRMED, FIRST HUMAN-TO-
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed five new cases of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany over the weekend, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to eight. One man from Bavaria and a couple from Brandenburg tested positive for H1N1 after returning from Mexico with flu- l [...]
2009-05-05 05:55:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN518GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 9 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed another case of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to nine. One man from Saxony- Anhalt tested positive for H1N1 after returning from Mexico with flu-like symptoms. The German government announce [...]
2009-05-06 05:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN526GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 10 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed today another case of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to ten. One man from Saxony-Anhalt tested positive for H1N1 after returning from Mexico with flu-like symptoms. Despite the increase in fl [...]
2009-05-07 17:10:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN537GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 11 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed today another case of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to eleven. One man from Bavaria tested positive for H1N1 after returning from the U.S. with flu-like symptoms. This is the first German tr [...]
2009-05-08 15:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN545GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 12 CONFIRMED CASES; Bavarian
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) today confirmed another case of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to twelve. One woman from Bavaria tested positive for H1N1 after returning from Mexico. RKI reports a mild course of the virus in Germany [...]
2009-05-11 15:56:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN582GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 14 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 15, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed two additional cases of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to fourteen. The spouse and son of a man from the state of Saxony-Anhalt confirmed to have the virus two weeks ago also tested [...]
2009-05-18 14:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN626GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 17 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 22, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed three additional cases of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to seventeen. Of the three new cases, a six-year-old girl who attends a day care center in Duesseldorf contracted the virus [...]
2009-05-22 18:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN641GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 19 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 28, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed two additional cases of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to nineteen. A small child from the US and a man from Norway traveling to North Rhine-Westphalia tested positive for H1N1. RK [...]
2009-05-28 12:26:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN657GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: Spike in Germany - 31
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 2, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed 12 additional cases of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to thirty-one. The majority of new infections stem from Germans who recently traveled to the US. There is a media report of a [...]
2009-06-03 05:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN663GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 6 NEW CASES; 37 TOTAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 3, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed 6 additional cases of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to thirty- seven. The majority of the infections occurred in the US. The affected states are Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxo [...]
2009-06-03 15:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN672GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: AN 11-CASE SPIKE, 49 TOTAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 49 on June 5 as eleven more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus. The states of Lower-Saxony and Rhineland-Palatinate reported their first infections. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 5, the National Reference Cen [...]
2009-06-05 15:37:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN686GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: A 19-CASE SPIKE, 68 TOTAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 68 on June 8 as nineteen more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus. Two US soldiers at a military facility in Landstuhl (Rhineland-Palatinate) are infected with the virus and several other US military cases are suspe [...]
2009-06-09 14:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN695GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: ANOTHER SPIKE IN CASES, 86
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 86 on June 10, as twenty more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus. The four suspected military cases at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center were confirmed positive. RKI says the growth of cases in Germany does not rep [...]
2009-06-10 16:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN704GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 95 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 95 on June 11, as nine more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus. Most of the new cases in Germany are occurring in children and young adults. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 11, the National Reference Center for I [...]
2009-06-11 16:18:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN710GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 111 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 111 on June 12, as sixteen more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus. More school children have contracted the virus. Despite the raise in the WHO pandemic alert level, there is no change in German measures. END [...]
2009-06-15 05:57:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN714GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 172 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 172 on June 15, as fifty-six more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus over the weekend. The day also brought the first confirmed H1N1 case in Berlin. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 15, the National Reference C [...]
2009-06-16 05:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN720GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 195 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 195 on June 16, as twenty-three more people were confirmed to be infected with the virus. Most of the spike in H1N1 cases occurred in North Rhine-Westphalia. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 16, the National Reference Center for In [...]
2009-06-17 05:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM RO
09BERLIN735GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 229 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 229 on June 18, as thirty-four further infections were confirmed. First case of H1N1 confirmed in Bremen. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its pres [...]
2009-06-19 05:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN738H1N1 - MISSION GERMANY'S READINESS AND PLANNING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany has had spike of H1N1 cases throughout the country, resulting in an average daily increase in new cases of over ten percent over the past two weeks. We review the country's outbreak status daily and are implementing measures consistent with Mission tripwire two. This ca [...]
2009-06-19 09:59:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN744GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 251 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 251 on June 19, as twenty-two further infections were confirmed. The majority of newly confirmed cases occurred in North Rhine-Westphalia. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 19, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robe [...]
2009-06-19 15:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN747GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 278 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 278 on June 22, as twenty-seven new infections were confirmed. The fourth H1N1 infection in Berlin was confirmed over the weekend. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 22, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Ins [...]
2009-06-22 15:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN754GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 301 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 301 on June 23, as twenty-three new infections were confirmed. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 23, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing 23 new laboratory-confi [...]
2009-06-23 15:32:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN762GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 332 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 332 on June 24, as thirty-one new infections were confirmed. State Health Ministers are meeting today in Thuringia to discuss H1N1 situation. Chancellor Merkel visited the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on June 23 and assured that the cou [...]
2009-06-24 15:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN769GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 333 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose by one infection to 333 on June 25. (Authorities identified six new cases, but retracted five previously- confirmed ones, adjusting the total increase to one.) State health ministers reassured the public after meeting on June 24 in T [...]
2009-06-25 15:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN775GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 358 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 25 cases to a total of 358. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 25, the National Reference Center for Influenza at RKI announced in its press briefing twenty-six new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 for Germany, and subtracted o [...]
2009-06-26 15:22:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN781GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 388 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 30 cases to a total of 388 on June 29. Germany has the third highest number of infections in the EU. SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 29, the National Reference Center for Influenza at RKI announced in its press briefing thirty-o [...]
2009-06-30 11:03:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN783GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 417 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 29 cases to a total of 417 on June 30. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 30, the National Reference Center for Influenza at RKI announced in its press briefing twenty-nine new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 for Germany. This [...]
2009-06-30 13:11:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN795GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 429 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 12 cases to a total of 429 on July 1. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On July 1, the National Reference Center for Influenza at RKI announced in its press briefing thirteen new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 for Germany, and subtr [...]
2009-07-01 14:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN808GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: SPIKE IN H1N1 INFECTIONS,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 41 cases to a total of 470 on July 2. Germany's airports take different precautions to keep the virus from spreading. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On July 2, the National Reference Center for Influenza at RKI announced in its press [...]
2009-07-06 05:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN812GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 527 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 57 cases over the weekend to a total of 527 on July 6. We are hearing our first reports of Amcit infections in Germany. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) [...]
2009-07-06 16:49:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN813GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 527 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 57 cases over the weekend to a total of 527 on July 6. We are hearing our first reports of Amcit infections in Germany. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) [...]
2009-07-06 16:49:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN817GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 548 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 21 cases to a total of 548 on July 7. Berlin confirms more infections. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing July 7 a total o [...]
2009-07-07 16:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN819GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 591 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 43 cases to a total of 591 on July 8. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing July 8 a total of 43 new laboratory-confirmed cases of [...]
2009-07-08 14:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN828GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 641 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 50 cases to a total of 641 on July 9. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing July 9 a total of 50 new laboratory-confirmed cases of H [...]
2009-07-09 13:15:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN839GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 691 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 50 cases to a total of 691 on July 10. Media reports indicate first case of H1N1 in the Federal State of Saarland. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced [...]
2009-07-10 16:10:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN844GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 737 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 46 cases to a total of 737 on July 13. Majority of new infections occurred abroad. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing July 13 [...]
2009-07-13 14:52:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN847ROBERT-KOCH-INSTITUTE DESCRIBES FLU SITUATION IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 8, ECON Berlin met with officials from the Robert-Koch-Institute (RKI) to discuss the current H1N1 outbreak in Germany. RKI experts believe there could be ten times the number of confirmed cases (691) in Germany due to the often mild symptoms experienced by many of thos [...]
2009-07-14 09:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN852GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 763 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 26 cases to a total of 763 on July 14. Seven federal states reported new cases. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute [...]
2009-07-15 05:37:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN858GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 834 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 71 cases to a total of 834 on July 15. Nine federal states reported new cases. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. The Federal German States have ordered 50 million doses of seasonal i [...]
2009-07-15 15:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN884GERMANY H1N1 UPDATE: 1,818 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 263 cases to a total of 1,818 on July 22. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. German companies prepare for the new virus. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The National Reference Center for Influe [...]
2009-07-22 13:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN889GERMANY H1N1 UPDATE: 2,455 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 637 cases to a total of 2,455 on July 23. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. Experts expect more severe cases of the infection. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) At its July 23 press briefin [...]
2009-07-23 11:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN894GERMANY H1N1 UPDATE: German Cases Triple This Week
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 cases in Germany has more than tripled this week. The one-day rise was 389 cases to a total of 2,844 on July 24. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The number of confirmed virus cases i [...]
2009-07-24 13:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN899H1N1 UPDATE: 3,349 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 505 cases to a total of 3,349 on July 27. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. Germany considers cancelling mass gatherings to stem an outbreak. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) At its July 2 [...]
2009-07-28 05:37:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN903H1N1 UPDATE: 3,810 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 461 cases to a total of 3,810 on July 28. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. Information available to German companies on pandemic planning. RKI warns of "H1N1 parties". END SUMMARY. [...]
2009-07-28 15:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN906H1N1 UPDATE: 4,445 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 635 cases to a total of 4,445 on July 29. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. Germany's statutory health insurance agencies are examining raising insurance premiums to pay for the widesprea [...]
2009-07-29 13:31:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN908GERMANY H1N1 UPDATE: 5,324 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 879 cases to a total of 5,324 on July 30. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) At its July 30 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Ro [...]
2009-07-30 10:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN917H1N1 UPDATE: 6,062 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) UMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 738 cases to a total of 6,062 on July 31. The majority of new infections occurred abroad, mainly during travel to Spain. Family Ministry calls on statutory health insurance agencies to cover costs for flu vaccination in fall. END [...]
2009-07-31 14:43:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN925GERMANY H1N1 UPDATE: 6,800 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 738 cases to a total of 6,800 on August 3. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. Doctors warn of unknown side effects of H1N1 vaccine. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Ko [...]
2009-08-03 14:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN937H1N1 UPDATE: 7,177 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 377 cases to a total of 7,177 on August 4. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. Some of Germany's Federal States are considering extending school summer vacations in for school breaks. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The Nati [...]
2009-08-04 12:57:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN962H1N1 UPDATE: 8,619 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose within the last two days by 1442 to a total of 8,619 on August 6. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. School began in several federal states despite an increase in H1N1 cases. Berlin's preparations for the World Championsh [...]
2009-08-06 15:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN977H1N1 UPDATE: 9,770 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose over the week end by 557 to a total of 9,770 on August 10. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. Berlin authorities are taking additional precautionary measures in preparation for the 12th IAAF World Athletic Championship w [...]
2009-08-10 15:30:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN984H1N1 UPDATE: 10,155 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany crossed the 10,000 mark as 385 new cases were confirmed on August 11 -- increasing the total to 10,155 cases. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On August 11, the National Reference Center for Influen [...]
2009-08-11 14:05:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN989H1N1 UPDATE: 10,600 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 445 new cases bringing the total as of August 12 to 10,600. The majority of new infections occurred abroad and Germany's hospitals reported an increase in walk-in patients concerned that they may be H1N1 positive. E [...]
2009-08-13 07:47:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN997H1N1 UPDATE: 11,103 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 503 new cases bringing the total as of August 13 to 11,103. Consistent with previous reporting, the majority of new infections occurred abroad. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 12 press briefing, the National R [...]
2009-08-14 08:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERN406FOLLOW-UP ON PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO EXPAND
[...] (U) Embassy pol-econ counselor delivered reftel points to Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) International Affairs Office Vice Director Dr. Gaudenz Silberschmidt MD. on September 25. Silberschmidt indicated that his office would be the coordinating center for Switzerland's participa [...]
2009-09-25 14:58:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AORC PREL SZ
09BISHKEK1275FLU HITS KYRGYZSTAN
[...] Flu season has arrived, and according to local experts both the seasonal flu and H1N1 are present in Kyrgyzstan and a significant percentage of the population appears to have been affected. As of November 23, the Kyrgyz government reported that only 83 cases of H1N1 had been identified, and t [...]
2009-12-04 09:05:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU ECON PREL KG
09BISHKEK444KYRGYZSTAN BANS U.S. MEAT OVER H1N1 FLU FEARS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 28, Kyrgyz veterinary officials announced a ban on U.S. meat exports to Kyrgyzstan over fears of the H1N1 flu virus. Announced as a "temporary" measure, no written version of the ban has been published. Although in receipt of statements from international organizatio [...]
2009-05-07 12:04:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAGR ETRD TBIO KG
09BISHKEK965KYRGYZSTAN: FIRST H1N1 FLU CASES CONFIRMED
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 24, Kyrgyz health authorities confirmed the first cases of H1N1 flu in the country. Two Kyrgyz citizens, who had recently traveled to Dubai, tested positive for the H1N1 virus. U.S. assistance, provided earlier to support Kyrgyzstan's preparedness for possible Avian I [...]
2009-09-03 08:33:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI EAGR AID KG
09BISHKEK975KYRGYZSTAN: FIRST H1N1 FLU CASES CONFIRMED
[...] SUMMARY. On August 24, Kyrgyz health authorities confirmed the first cases of H1N1 flu in the country. Two Kyrgyz citizens who had recently traveled to Dubai tested positive for the H1N1 virus. USG assistance provided earlier to support Kyrgyzstan's preparedness for possible Avian Influenza [...]
2009-09-08 07:56:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI EAGR AID KG
09BOGOTA1453COLOMBIA: DEMARCHE ON TRADE BANS ON PORK DUE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 22:40:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD ECON KFLU TBIO CO
09BOGOTA1867COLOMBIA CONFIRMS FIRST H1N1 DEATH
[...] SUMMARY. The GOC reported its first H1N1 death, a 24 year-old woman from Bogota, on June 9. Media reports indicated that the deceased received negligent medical care, prompting the Ministry of Social Protection (MSP) to broaden its criteria that determine which patients undergo examinations [...]
2009-06-10 21:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC TBIO PREL KFLO KSAF KPAO KFLU
09BRASILIA1081BRAZIL H1N1 UPDATE - AUGUST 2009
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. OVERALL SITUATION 2. (SBU) H1N1 flu has caused a considerable amount of concern among the Brazilian population. Doctors anecdotally report that their patients are coming in for minor cold an [...]
2009-08-28 18:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA1097 BRAZIL: DATA COLLECTION OF BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) In response to REFTEL post gathered the following information regarding the Government of Brazil's (GOB) interventions and actions aimed at dealing with the convergence of the H1N1 outbreak and the Southern Hemisphere's annual flu season. GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS 2. (SBU) H1N1 flu [...]
2009-09-01 16:09:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI TBIO KFLU BR
09BRASILIA1191 BRAZIL: FOLLOW-UP ON PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO EXPAND
[...] (SBU) On September 23, Science Officer met with officials from the Brazilian Ministry of Health's International Affairs Office to discuss REFTEL, which concerns an agreement by Brazil and certain other countires to work in concert with the United States and the World Health Organization to mak [...]
2009-09-24 11:02:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KFLU WHO BR
09BRASILIA517BRAZIL AND THE SWINE FLU OUTBREAK: SITREP #1
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the worldwide swine flu outbreak. REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) The Health Ministry has not reported any confirmed cases of swine flu in Brazil. As of the afternoon of April 27, there were four cases of individuals who [...]
2009-04-27 20:49:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU SENV KSTH ECON CASC EAGR BR
09BRASILIA523MGSF01: H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL - SITREP NO.2
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 Flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) The Health Ministry still has not confirmed any cases of H1N1 flu in Brazil. As of the afternoon of Tuesday, April 28,tThe National Agency on Health Vigilance (A [...]
2009-04-29 10:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09BRASILIA530MGSF01: H1N1 FLU AND BRAZIL: SITREP #3
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) The Health Ministry still has not confirmed any cases of H1N1 flu in Brazil. As of the afternoon of April 29 the Brazilian Health Ministry and National Agency on [...]
2009-04-30 10:35:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH CASC ECON EAGR AEMR ASEC KSAF KFLO
09BRASILIA538MGSF01: SWINE FLU AND BRAZIL: SITREP #4
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil, which may be due more to the fact that Brazil does not yet have the ability to perform the necessary testi [...]
2009-05-04 10:51:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT KFLO
09BRASILIA542TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP # 5
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 influenza outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil, which is most likely due to the fact that Brazil does not yet have the ability to perform the necess [...]
2009-05-04 20:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL AMED CASC KFLO
09BRASILIA552TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #6
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil, which is most likely due to the fact that Brazil does not yet have the necessary materials to begin testing. T [...]
2009-05-05 20:23:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA560TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #7
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil, which is most likely due to the fact that Brazil does not yet have the necessary materials to begin testi [...]
2009-05-06 19:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA566TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #8
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (U) On Thursday, May 7, the Brazilian Ministry of Health reported that laboratory tests have confirmed four cases of the H1N1 flu in three Brazilian states - Sao Paulo [...]
2009-05-08 14:08:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA578TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #9
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 19:25:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT KFLO
09BRASILIA579TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #9
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of the afternoon of May 8 the Brazilian Ministry of Health continues to report four confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil. The four cases are spread thro [...]
2009-05-08 19:33:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT KFLO
09BRASILIA600TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #10
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the 2009 H1N1 outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of the morning of May 11 the Brazilian Ministry of Health is reporting eight confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil. The eight cases are spread throughout [...]
2009-05-11 21:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA609TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #11
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of May 13 the Brazilian Ministry of Health continues to report eight confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil. The eight cases are spread throughout five st [...]
2009-05-13 19:28:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA655H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #12
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of the afternoon of May 22, the Brazilian Ministry of Health has confirmed nine cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil. A new case - the ninth altogether - was conf [...]
2009-05-22 19:30:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA681H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #13
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) Mission Brazil is monitoring the situation of four American citizens who are being held in quarantine at a hospital in the city of Palmas, state of Tocantins, und [...]
2009-05-29 19:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA685H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #14
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. As of June 2, 2009 the Brazilian Ministry of Health is reporting 21 confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu virus spread throughout six of the country's 26 states and the feder [...]
2009-06-02 21:10:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA824H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #16 - AMCIT
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NOTEWORTHY DEVELOPMENTS: 2. (SBU) Consular Section Sao Paulo is receiving early reports that a visiting American citizen has passed away in Rio Grande do Sul State. H1N1 is the suspected, bu [...]
2009-06-26 20:30:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA871H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #17
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NOTEWORTHY DEVELOPMENTS: - REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of July 10, 2009 the Brazilian Ministry of Health has confirmed 977 cases of the H1N1 virus spread throughout 25 of the country's 26 [...]
2009-07-13 10:38:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRATISLAVA395SLOVAK HEALTH OFFICIALS CRITICAL OF H1N1 PRESS COVERAGE (125
[...] (SBU) We have heard a number of comments from high-level Ministry of Health (MOH) officials criticizing local press coverage of the H1N1 swine flu virus. Eleonora Branska, Director General in the Department of International Relations at the Ministry of Health, privately expressed her feelings [...]
2009-09-11 11:25:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU AMED ASEC KPAO LO
09BRATISLAVA420SLOVAKIA PREOCCUPIED WITH INTERNAL H1N1 PREPARATIONS (133
[...] Ref A points were delivered to Sarka Kovacsova at the Public Health Authority (PHA) Department of International Relations and Dr. Adriana Liptakova, Chief State Counselor and the Director of the Health Care Department at the Ministry of Health. GOS officials view the President's September 17 a [...]
2009-09-29 15:48:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL KFLU WHO LO
09BRATISLAVA471SLOVAK OFFICIALS PLAY DOWN H1N1 THREAT BUT CLOSE BORDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Slovak officials have been playing down the threat of an H1N1 outbreak even as they close border crossings to Ukraine, where the situation has reportedly worsened in recent days. Confirmed H1N1 infections are still few--there were three additional cases reported this week in Br [...]
2009-11-06 16:34:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU WHO LO
09BRATISLAVA475SLOVAKIA H1N1 UPDATE: 29 NEW CASES IN PAST WEEK, 1 DEATH
[...] (U) The Slovak Health Ministry released its latest figures on November 9, showing 29 new cases of H1N1 flu diagnosed in the previous week, bringing the total number of cases in Slovakia to 200 since the spring. A 48 year-old woman became the first person with a confirmed H1N1 infection to die i [...]
2009-11-10 14:56:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KFLU WHO CASC LO
09BRATISLAVA494SLOVAKIA H1N1 UPDATE: RATE OF INFECTION INCREASING,
[...] (U) The rate of H1N1 infection in Slovakia continues to rise, as 133 new cases of H1N1 flu were officially diagnosed in the week ending November 20. The previous week had seen 72 new cases, and before that just 29 new ones. In all likelihood, these numbers greatly understate the actual preval [...]
2009-11-25 12:41:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KFLU WHO CASC LO
09BRATISLAVA513SLOVAKIA H1N1 UPDATE: BORDERS WITH UKRAINE REOPENED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 14:54:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KFLU CASC LO
09BRIDGETOWN329BARBADOS RECORDS FIRST H1N1 CASE
[...] (U) Barbados' acting health minister confirmed on June 3 the first recorded case of swine flu. The case was confirmed by the Caribbean Epidemiology Research Centre in Trinidad (CAREC). The Barbados public health office announced that a 19-year-old Barbadian man tested positive for the H1N1 str [...]
2009-06-04 19:39:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU XL
09BRIDGETOWN331BARBADOS RECORDS FIRST H1N1 CASE
[...] (U) Barbados' acting health minister confirmed on June 3 the first recorded case of swine flu. The case was confirmed by the Caribbean Epidemiology Research Centre in Trinidad (CAREC). The Barbados public health office announced that a 19-year-old Barbadian man tested positive for the H1N1 str [...]
2009-06-04 22:04:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU XL
09BRIDGETOWN402SAINT LUCIA FIRST H1N1 CASE
[...] (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 re [...]
2009-07-02 12:20:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO KSTH XL
09BRUSSELS1104BELGIUM ESTIMATES 900 NEW CASES OF H1N1; VACCINE TESTS
[...] (U) Belgian health authorities announced on August 7 an estimated 900 new cases of H1N1 in Belgium for the first week of August. The weekly estimate indicates the virus is spreading at predicted levels. Belgian media report that tests of H1N1 vaccines have begun on volunteers at several Belg [...]
2009-08-10 15:48:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09BRUSSELS1136BELGIUM: 746 NEW H1N1 CASES ESTIMATED FOR AUGUST 9-15
[...] (U) Belgian health authorities announced on August 16 an estimated 746 new cases of H1N1 in Belgium for the week of August 9-15. Authorities estimate 2353 persons have been infected since the outbreak began in Belgium at the end of April, with one death linked to H1N1 (reftel). EASON [...]
2009-08-17 10:32:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09BRUSSELS1170BELGIUM: 746 NEW H1N1 CASES ESTIMATED FOR AUGUST 16-20
[...] (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 pe [...]
2009-08-24 09:44:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09BRUSSELS1347BELGIUM: SECOND BELGIUM DEATH FROM A/H1N1 PANDEMIC FLU
[...] (U) On October 1, the Government of Belgium's Interministerial Influenza Commission announced that a 44-year woman from Hainaut province (in the southern region of Wallonia) died that day following an infection from the A/H1N1 pandemic virus, and thus became the second patient in Belgium to di [...]
2009-10-06 06:50:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09BRUSSELS1400BELGIUM: THREE MORE H1N1-RELATED DEATHS REPORTED
[...] Three more Belgians have died in mid-October from the A/H1N1 virus, bringing the total of deaths related to the pandemic to five. Belgian health authorities announced on October 18 the death of a 43-year old man on October 15; his death closely followed that of a 5-year old boy on October 14, [...]
2009-10-20 13:55:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09BRUSSELS1454BELGIUM: GOB ESTIMATES 15,671 NEW H1N1 CASES OCTOBER 12 TO
[...] On October 22, the Government of Belgium's Interministerial Influenza Commission (IIC) announced an estimated 15,671 new cases of the H1N1 virus in Belgium for the week of October 12 to 18, continuing an increasing trend over the last three weeks. The total estimated number of cases in Belgium [...]
2009-10-27 15:36:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09BRUSSELS1509 BELGIUM: H1N1 VACCINATION CAMPAIGN BEGINS ON
[...] In a press conference held November 6, Laurette Onkelinx, Minister of Public Health, announced the debut of the Belgian vaccination campaign against H1N1. Beginning November 7, H1N1 vaccie doses will be available to all pharmacists wh have ordered them. Belgian general practitiners will be a [...]
2009-11-10 13:23:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09BRUSSELS1526 BELGIUM: H1N1 REPORT: NUMBER OF ESTIMATED CASES FALLS
[...] On November 12, the Government of Belgium's Interministerial Influenza Commission (IIC) announced a significant drop in estimated H1N1 cases, with 29,744 estimated cases from November 2 to 8 (week 45),compared to 47,448 for the week of October 26 to November 1 (week 44). Three deaths were rep [...]
2009-11-13 17:29:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09BRUSSELS1576 BELGIUM: H1N1 REPORT FOR NOV 9-15: NUMBER OF ESTIMATED
[...] For the second week in a row, the number of estimated H1N1 cases in Belgium fell significantly, to 17,850 from November 9 to 15 (week 46),from 33,584 the previous week, according to a November 19 press release by the Government of Belgium's Interministerial Influenza Commission (IIC). One dea [...]
2009-11-24 12:43:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09BRUSSELS609MGSF01: BELGIUM: SWINE FLU: INITIAL SEVEN
[...] (U) Belgian authorities reported April 28 that seven suspected cases of swine flu (H1N1) in Belgium tested negative. Belgium is advising travelers to avoid visiting areas in Mexico and the United States that have been affected by H1N1. Travelers arriving at Brussels' Zaventem International [...]
2009-04-28 16:12:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09BRUSSELS627MGSF01: BELGIUM: H1N1 FLU: MORE POSSIBLE CASES
[...] (U) Belgium's Interministerial Influenza Commission (IIC) in a statement posted late April 29 to its website, www.influenza.be, announced that four of seven additional suspected cases of H1N1 from April 28 had tested negative, with results pending for the other three, while an additional fou [...]
2009-04-30 16:07:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09BRUSSELS694MGSF01: BELGIUM: TWO POSITIVE CASES OF H1N1 IN
[...] Belgium has two confirmed cases of H1N1, the Government announcing a first case on May 13 and a second on May 14. Both individuals were males from the region of Flanders who had returned separately from the United States. Both men are being treated at Brussels' Saint Pierre University Hospita [...]
2009-05-15 15:20:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR KFLU ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09BRUSSELS700MGSF01: BELGIUM: THREE MORE POSITIVE TESTS BRING
[...] Belgium now has five confirmed cases of H1N1, with Belgian health authorities announcing cases three and four late on Friday, May 15, and a fifth case on May 16. All three individuals had had close contact with a male who had recently returned to Belgium from New York. Health authorities ha [...]
2009-05-18 15:44:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR KFLU ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09BRUSSELS728BELGIUM: H1N1: SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH
[...] Belgian health authorities announced via a May 26 press release that an eighth positive case of H1N1 in Belgium has occurred, involving a young man from Brussels who had returned to Belgium on May 24 from a New York-Paris flight, taking the TGV high-speed train from Paris to Brussels. The ma [...]
2009-05-27 12:46:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09BRUSSELS748BELGIUM: H1N1: NINTH AND TENTH CASES REPORTED;
[...] Belgian health authorities announced via a May 29 press release that two new cases of H1N1 had been confirmed in Belgium, bringing the country's total number of positive cases to ten. The ninth case involves a 10-year old boy from Tervuren, a town close to Brussels, who had returned on Sunda [...]
2009-05-29 15:22:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09BRUSSELS776BELGIUM: H1N1: THREE NEW CASES REPORTED, BRINGING
[...] (U) Belgium has now reported 13 confirmed cases of H1N1, with two new cases reported May 30 and another, on June 1, involving the son of one of the May 30 cases. Health authorities consider all three cases mild. Belgium has tested approximately 190 persons for H1N1 as of June 3. CASE ELE [...]
2009-06-04 13:33:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09BRUSSELS804BELGIUM: H1N1: FOURTEENTH CASE REPORTED
[...] Belgian health authorities announced via a press release late on June 5 that a fourteenth positive case of H1N1 had occurred in the Kingdom: a young man from the Flemish Brabant region who had fallen ill sometime during the night of June 2 to June 3, following his return that day from a trip t [...]
2009-06-09 15:35:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09BRUSSELS831BELGIUM: H1N1: SIX NEW CASES BRING TOTAL TO 20
[...] (U) Belgian health authorities announced five more positive cases of H1N1 over the weekend of June 13-14, and then indicated on June 16 that a probable 20th case had occurred. All cases are considered mild, and all patients have received antiviral treatment. End summary. CASE FIFTEEN [...]
2009-06-17 15:24:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09BUDAPEST322MGSF01: HUNGARY OFFERS VACCINE PRODUCTION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. 2. (SBU) Begin Summary: On April 27, Hungarian officials contacted Charge and ESTH Hub Officer to bring to their attention Hungarian vaccine production capabilities. Hungary has the technical expertise and the infrastructure to produce large qu [...]
2009-04-28 12:13:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09BUDAPEST607 HUNGARY H1N1 UPDATE: CLINICAL TRIALS OF VACCINE BEGIN;
[...] The Hungarian Pharmaceutical company Omninvest has announced that clinical trials of its H1N1 vaccine have begun. In an August 14 press interview, Omninvest's Director, Ferenc Zimonyi, said the tests, taking place at clinics in the towns of Veszprem and Pilisvorosvar, had begun that day. The [...]
2009-08-19 14:32:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO PREL ASEC HU
09BUDAPEST836H1N1 OFFICIALLY AN EPIDEMIC IN HUNGARY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 18, with over 20,000 new reported cases of H1N1 infections in the past week, GOH health authorities officially declared an epidemic. Ample supplies of locally produced vaccine Fluval P are available, and approximately 11 percent of the population (about 1 million) h [...]
2009-11-20 14:49:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO PREL ASEC HU
09BUDAPEST884BUDAPEST EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING:
[...] (U) The CDA chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on December 10 to review the main steps that post's Pandemic Influenza Action Committee had taken on pandemic influenza preparedness since the issuance of ref A instructions. After discussing the tripwires and steps already [...]
2009-12-14 11:43:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KFLO KSEO
09BUENOSAIRES1189 CDC EXPERT CONDUCTS PROGRAM IN ARGENTINA ON H1N1
[...] (U) Summary: Dan Rutz, Global Health Communication Team Lead at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC),visited Buenos Aires and Mendoza from October 2-5 to consult with and brief public health and media counterparts on communication strategies related to the H1N1 outbreak. Rutz held meetings [...]
2009-11-03 10:30:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU KSTH TBIO SOCI PREL AR
09BUENOSAIRES553TFFLU01: H1N1 Influenza Outbreak and Argentina: SITREP #2
[...] (U) Summary: The first confirmed case of Influenza A (H1N1) in Argentina - a traveler who had returned from Mexico on April 25 - was confirmed by health authorities on May 7. The Ministry of Health (MOH) has installed thermal scanners at all international airports. The GoA's suspension of di [...]
2009-05-08 23:03:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BUENOSAIRES579TFFLU01: H1N1 Influenza Outbreak and Argentina: SITREP #3
[...] (U) Summary: Argentina has only one confirmed case of Influenza A (H1N1) to date, while 88 are still under study. The Ministry of Health requested information from Post about four Americans who may have been on a flight from Mexico that carried a "suspected" H1N1 case. Post was able to track [...]
2009-05-18 10:44:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED KSAF KFLO AR
09CAIRO1004FIRST H1N1 FLU CASE CONFIRMED IN EGYPT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 06:30:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV KSCA EAGR EG
09CAIRO1046H1N1 OUTBREAK SHUTS DOWN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 14:49:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV KSCA EAGR CASC PREL EG
09CAIRO1215INFUENZA CONFERENCE REVIEWS VIRUS SITUATION IN EGYPT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 13:55:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO1216H1N1 Country Update
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 13:58:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO1218 AVIAN INFLUENZA REMAINS MOST THE DANGEROUS THREAT
[...] (SBU) Key issue: -- The real threat to Egypt is not swine flu (H1N1),but avian influenza (AI, or H5N1),now endemic in poultry flocks in Egypt and infecting people at an increasing rate, and the possibility it could change, with or without help from H1N1, into a virus that easily jumps from [...]
2009-06-29 14:46:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO EAID PGOV EG
09CAIRO138EGYPT ENTERS THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF HIGH
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Five Egyptian research organizations are planning to build Biosafety Level Three (BSL-3) laboratories in which they can work with indigenous or exotic agents like Rift Valley Fever and strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI). Three of the groups, VSVRI, th [...]
2009-01-27 09:03:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PARM PGOV ECON KFLU KSTH KSCA EAGR EG
09CAIRO1456GARBAGE CITY: AFTERMATH OF THE GOE PIG CULLING PLAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 14:15:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO1552GOE INFLUENZA PLANNING WELL UNDER WAY FOR ANNUAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 07:05:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO1639GARBAGE CITY: AFTERMATH OF THE GOE PIG CULLING PLAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 12:40:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO173EGYPT'S 53RD BIRD FLU VICTIM
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Egypt's 53rd human avian influenza (AI) victim-a two-year-old girl from Shebin El-Kom, the capital of the Menoufiya Governorate- has recovered. Twenty-four of the 25 Egyptian pre-teens struck with bird flu here have now survived, including all 22 of those under age t [...]
2009-02-01 13:55:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG
09CAIRO1802H1N1'S IMPACT ON EGYPT'S SCHOOL SYSTEM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 15:08:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO210EGYPT'S 54th BIRD FLU VICTIM, 1st FROM SUEZ
[...] (SBU) On February 4, 2009, Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) announced the country's 54th human avian influenza (AI) victim: a two-year-old boy from the Ganian district in the Suez Governorate. 2. (SBU) The boy, the first AI victim in Suez, got sick February 2, was hospitaliz [...]
2009-02-05 13:20:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG
09CAIRO2103EGYPT: MINISTRY OF HEALTH REVIEWS CURRENT INFLUENZA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 15:12:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO211EGYPT'S 54th BIRD FLU VICTIM, 1st FROM SUEZ
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-05 13:21:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG
09CAIRO226EGYPT'S 55th BIRD FLU VICTIM, ANOTHER CHILD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 10:05:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG
09CAIRO2347EGYPT: DECEMBER 2009 INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 13:28:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO724EGYPT:LET'S KILL ALL THE PIGS
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: While Egyptian authorities have been responding to the virus formerly known as Swine Flu (and now known as H1N1) in measured ways -stepping up a mostly moribund program to move swine out of urban areas to the countryside, testing swine and swine workers for the H1N1 v [...]
2009-04-29 08:17:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR KISL KIRF USDA
09CAIRO74EGYPT'S CHILDREN CONTINUE TO SURVIVE BIRD FLU
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) has announced Egypt's 52nd human avian influenza (AI) case: a 21-month-old girl from Kerdasa in the Sixth of October Governorate. The girl is in stable condition at Manshia Al Bakry Hospital in Cairo. This case marks [...]
2009-01-15 11:55:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG
09CAIRO743EGYPT'S PIG SLAUGHTER CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) We met April 30 with Dr. Mona Mehrez, director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation's (MALR's) Animal Health Research Institute today. Mehrez confirmed Egypt's mass pig slaughtering operation began in earnest April 30. MALR teams are doing the killing. The goal is no pig [...]
2009-04-30 14:01:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR PGOV ECON KFLU KSTH KSCA KISL EG
09CAIRO771EGYPT'S WAR ON FLUQPIG FARMERS CLASH WITH CULL TEAMS
[...] (SBU) Key Points: -- There have been reports of sporadic clashes between pig farmers and GOE culling team as the pig cull in Egypt enters its second week. There is a heavy police presence in the Mokkattum area on Cairo's east side, home to many of the country's backyard pig farms. -- D [...]
2009-05-06 11:13:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR PGOV ECON KFLU KSTH KSCA KISL KIRF EG
09CANBERRA415AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP 28 APRIL 2009
[...] (SBU) The following is a SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The GOA is actively monitoring the spread of H1N1 globally, and activated a National Incident Room command post, led by the Department of Health and Ageing (DOHA),on April 26 [...]
2009-04-28 07:39:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA419MGSF01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP APRIL 29 2009
[...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The GOA increased its pandemic response phase to DELAY under the Australian Health Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza (AHMPPI - available at www.flupandemic.gov.au) [...]
2009-04-29 07:27:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA423MGSF01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP APRIL 30 2009
[...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Following a determination by the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer, Health Minister Roxon ordered thermal scanning equipment placed at eight airports in Australia to g [...]
2009-04-30 07:42:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA448TFFLU01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP MAY 11, 2009
[...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The Department of Health and Ageing confirmed a single case of H1N1 infection in Queensland on May 9. This is Australia's first confirmed case, but was classified as a [...]
2009-05-11 05:51:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA487TFFLU01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP MAY 22, 2009
[...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australia has experienced a spike in confirmed cases over the last 48 hours. Following a period of nearly two weeks with only one confirmed case, the Department of Hea [...]
2009-05-22 02:39:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA491AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP MAY 26, 2009
[...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australia confirmed more than 20 new cases of H1N1 over the Memorial Day weekend, and raised its response level from Delay to Contain late on May 22. According to the [...]
2009-05-26 06:44:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA518AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JUNE 3, 2009
[...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The Australian Federal government's response level remains unchanged since May 22. However, the state of Victoria upped its pandemic influenza response level to "sustai [...]
2009-06-03 06:57:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA531AUSTRALIA H1N1 CASES CONTINUE TO RAMP UP
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: In per capita terms, Australia surpassed the U.S. for confirmed H1N1 infections on June 4-5. The rapid internal spread of the disease following a lengthy period with only a few, foreign-connected cases highlights the difficulty [...]
2009-06-05 07:24:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU AS
09CANBERRA570AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JUNE 18, 2009
[...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: On June 17th, the GOA announced a new pandemic response phase - PROTECT - and all jurisdictions are moving to PROTECT level. Key changes include: - Recognizing the [...]
2009-06-18 07:04:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA593AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JUNE 26, 2009
[...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australia remains in its "Protect" posture (ref F) despite continued growth in case numbers. The first confirmed deaths in Australia are all still considered to be in h [...]
2009-06-26 07:04:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA639AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JULY 10, 2009
[...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The GOA has not altered their response posture since 17 June, but confirms that all jurisdictions are now compliant with the PROTECT phase of the Australian national pa [...]
2009-07-10 04:45:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA678AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JULY 24, 2009
[...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 pandemic. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The Government of Australia, and all jurisdictions, remain in PROTECT phase of the Australia Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza. Concern over vulnerability in remo [...]
2009-07-24 06:13:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA697AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JULY 31, 2009
[...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australian pandemic response has not changed since June 17. Additional measures adopted since July 24 include use of demountable (mobile buildings) H1N1 clinics being [...]
2009-07-31 06:50:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR TBIO AMGT MG AS
09CANBERRA742AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP AUGUST 12, 2009
[...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australian pandemic response posture has not changed since June 17. Australia reached 100 deaths related to H1N1 infection on August 12. Media reports claimed on 11 A [...]
2009-08-12 07:14:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA812AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
[...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. Australian government response remains unchanged since June 17. Most deaths in Australia continue to occur in patients with underlying medical conditions. New South Wales Health reported that the ma [...]
2009-09-04 07:39:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA884AUSTRALIA'S PANDEMIC VACCINE CONTRIBUTION
[...] (SBU) Australia is not planning on making H1N1 vaccine available to developing countries in the region until November at the earliest. Econoff spoke with Department of Health and Ageing Assistant Secretary Simon Cotterell on September 25 to get more details on Australia's pledge to contribute [...]
2009-09-25 06:08:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AORC PREL AS
09CANBERRA907START OF NATIONWIDE SWINE FLU VACCINATION PROGRAM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Australia began the biggest inoculation roll-out in its history, offering the H1N1 vaccine to almost every person in the country and at no cost. A total of 5.5 million doses of the vaccine have been delivered around Australia for the start of this program. In addition, the Rudd G [...]
2009-10-01 10:12:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AORC PREL AS
09CANBERRA952AUSTRALIA H1N1 RESPONSE: LOWERING THE HEAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Australia is slowly decreasing its H1N1 alert level as flu season ends. Despite a few minor shortcomings with its national vaccine program (ref A),the GOA is confident that the current situation is stable and is reducing resources committed to managing H1N1. Based on this ye [...]
2009-10-23 06:37:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU AS
09CARACAS1591GRBV UNDEREPORTS H1N1, DENGUE AND MALARIA ON THE RISE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As of December 17, the Venezuelan Ministry of Health has reported 2,697 laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 and 117 deaths associated with the virus. Many medical experts claim that the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) has underreported the prevalence of H1N1, based on the mortality r [...]
2009-12-23 14:50:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON VE KFLU KHIV AMED
09CARACAS673VENEZUELA REPORTS THREE CONFIRMED H1N1 CASES
[...] 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 [...]
2009-06-01 19:51:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDAMED ASEC CASC KPAO KSAF TBIO KFLU KSEAO KSTH
09CARACAS932VENEZUELA: FIRST H1N1 DEATH
[...] (SBU) On July 19 Health Minister Jesus Mantilla announced that an 11-month-old baby girl had died from complications associated with the H1N1 virus, including viral pneumonia and dehydration. The official cause of death was multiple organ failure, according to the Ministry of Health. A postmo [...]
2009-07-20 19:15:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED ASEC CASC KPAO KSAF TBIO KFLU KSEAO KSTH
09CHENNAI97 TAMIL NADU EGG EXPORTERS PUSH FOR REGIONALIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The South India state of Tamil Nadu produces the bulk of India's egg exports and has not experienced a single case of avian influenza (AI). AI outbreaks in other parts of India, however, have caused the state's main export markets in the Arabian Gulf and elsewhere to close peri [...]
2009-04-01 03:01:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD PGOV KFLU IN
09COLOMBO1072HINI VIRUS IN SRI LANKA
[...] As of November 24, there are a total of 254 confirmed H1N1 cases in Sri Lanka, and six deaths have been reported since the first suspected case of H1N1 on the island was reported in June 2009. The Epidemiology Unit now describes the situation in the country as a pandemic. The deaths reported [...]
2009-11-25 10:37:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON CE
09COLOMBO1092PANDEMIC FLU PREPARATIONS IN THE MALDIVES -
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) SUMMARY: To date, there have been only 32 confirmed cases of H1N1 (Swine flu) in the Maldives with one reported death. Maldivians are increasingly concerned with the country's ability to cope with a full-blown outbreak. The Ma [...]
2009-12-02 07:31:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV TBIO KFLU SOCI CASC MV
09COLOMBO954SRI LANKA'S PREPAREDNESS FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA:
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The government of Sri Lanka (GSL) developed a plan in 2005 to track and respond to pandemic flu (H1N1 and H5N1) and has updated the plan as needed. Surveillance systems are in place, hospitals nationwide are prepared with isolated wards, and ports of entry are closely monitored. [...]
2009-10-19 04:04:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCE ECON PGOV TBIO SOCI CASC KFLU
09COPENHAGEN205 MGSF01: First Case in Denmark linked to NYC
[...] (U) Danish authorities confirmed to the press on May 1 Denmark's first confirmed case of the New York strain of the H1N1 virus. The case has been reported to WHO. 2. (U) The individual had recently returned from a visit to New York on April 21-28, arriving back in Copenhagen on the mornin [...]
2009-05-01 15:14:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09COPENHAGEN209 MGSF01: COPENHAGEN EAC UPDATE
[...] In the wake of discovery of Denmark's first confirmed case of H1N1 virus (Reftel),the CDA led an EAC meeting on May 4 to take stock of the flu situation in Denmark and Embassy responses to it. There have been no further cases confirmed by Danish health authorities. 2. DHS on May 2 suppli [...]
2009-05-05 09:42:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09DHAHRAN124CASE OF H1N1 CONFIRMED IN DHAHRAN, SAUDI ARABIA
[...] Consular Chief received a call from Emir Prince Mohammed's Chief of Staff Hussan AlJasser at around 11:30 this morning asking us to receive a five-member team from the Ministry of Health. The team, it was explained, was on the way to the Consulate as they had reports that a Saudi, Qutaibah F [...]
2009-06-07 15:47:00Consulate DhahranUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO CASC SA
09DHAHRAN125UPDATE ON CASE OF H1N1 CONFIRMED IN DHAHRAN, SAUDI ARABIA
[...] The local and national Saudi press reported a new case of H1N1 confirmed in Dhahran in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia (refetel). The "Saudi Gazette" reported in its September 8, 2009 edition that it is the second case of H1N1 in the kingdom and the first of a Saudi national to contract [...]
2009-06-08 14:49:00Consulate DhahranUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO CASC SA
09DHAKA631H1N1 FLU ARRIVES IN BANGLADESH VIA PARTICIPANTS IN
[...] (C) Bangladesh has recorded its first cases of H1N1 influenza. A 19-year-old male tested positive for H1N1 June 19 after returning to Bangladesh from a year of high-school study in the United States as part of a USG-sponsored exchange program. Five more students from the same program have si [...]
2009-06-25 08:22:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALKFLU CASC AMED ECON EAGR PREL KPAO TBIO AMGT
09DHAKA844BANGLADESH H1N1 CASES INCREASING
[...] (SBU) The number of H1N1 cases in Bangladesh is on the rise, with 117 total confirmed cases by August 26 and early evidence of in-country community-level transmission. Government actions to date seem appropriate. The local press reported the spread of H1N1 and two private schools closed tempo [...]
2009-08-27 09:55:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO PINR EAGR AMED CASC PGOV BG
09DHAKA983BANGLADESH H1N1 INFECTIONS DECLINING
[...] (SBU) Overall circulation of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 activity is decreasing throughout Bangladesh although some cases continue to be identified. During June-October 15, 2009 surveillance programs identified a total of 6 fatalities out of 705 laboratory confirmed pandemic (H1N1) 2009 cases. The M [...]
2009-10-18 23:46:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO PINR EAGR AMED CASC PGOV BG
09DILI115MGSF01: TIMOR-LESTE RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] (U) Post medical officer was briefed April 29 by the Ministry of Heath's Director of Infectious Diseases on the Government of Timor-Leste's response to the outbreaks of H1N1 in the U.S. and Mexico. She reported that on the morning of the 29th, the Minister for Health and Special Secretary of [...]
2009-04-29 06:46:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU PREL TBIO CASC TT
09DOHA288MGSF01: QATAR H1N1 STATUS REPORT
[...] (U) On April 27, the Ministry of Health advised the public to postpone non-essential travel to the U.S., Mexico, Canada, the UK and other countries that have reported confirmed cases of H1N1. The Ministry also advised people returning from those countries to watch out for fever and flu-like sy [...]
2009-04-30 12:43:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09DOHA307TFFLU01 QATAR H1N1 STATUS REPORT
[...] (SBU) There are no confirmed H1N1 cases in Qatar as of 1600 local on May 7, 2009. Embassy Actions --------------- 2. (SBU) Embassy's Pandemic Influenza Working Group continues to regularly consult on latest developments. Embassy was involved in quashing one rumor of a sick student/famil [...]
2009-05-07 13:52:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09DOHA310TFFLU01 QATAR H1N1 STATUS REPORT NUMBER 3
[...] (U) There are no confirmed H1N1 cases in Qatar as of 1600 local on May 11, 2009. 2. (U) Embassy and U.S. military representatives met May 11 at the Ministry of Health with Dr. Mohammed Bin Hamad Al Thani, Director of Public Health, and Dr. Shazia Nadeem, Head of the Emergency Preparedness P [...]
2009-05-11 12:54:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09DOHA319TFFLU01 QATAR H1N1 STATUS REPORT NUMBER 4
[...] (U) There are no confirmed H1N1 cases in Qatar as of 1600 local on May 11, 2009. 2. (U) Three groups, consisting of more than 60 young Qatari men and women, have decided to cancel previously planned trips to the United States to study English and participate in Embassy-arranged cultural pro [...]
2009-05-17 04:39:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09DOHA398QATAR CONFIRMS FIRST THREE CASES OF H1N1
[...] (U) The Ministry of Health announced 16 June that three H1N1 cases had been diagnosed in Qatar. The first was a two-year old child from New Zealand who arrived in Doha 13 June on a flight from Australia via Dubai (Emirates Air 409 from Melbourne and Emirates Air 843 from Dubai). The child was [...]
2009-06-17 14:04:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09DOHA513H1N1 UPDATE IN QATAR: MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF
[...] (U) Qatar's Supreme Council of Health is now reporting 350 H1N1 cases, up from the previous figure of 43, according to a report in a local English-language newspaper published on August 12. This gives Qatar the 3rd largest total of cases in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. To date th [...]
2009-08-17 12:41:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO
09DOHA572QATAR CONFIRMS SECOND H1N1 DEATH: VICTIM ACTIVE IN
[...] (C) The Supreme Council for Health (SCH) announced on September 12 that a second death had occurred as the result of the H1N1 virus. Dr. Husam Rezeq, Head of Communicable Disease Control and Vaccination at the Ministry of Health, told Emboff on September 15 that the victim, a 40 year-old Nepal [...]
2009-09-15 11:49:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO
09DOHA656EMBASSY REVIEWS READINESS FOR SEVERE H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] (SBU) On October 25, the Pandemic Influenza Working Group (PIWG) met, as requested reftel, to review the current status of H1N1 infection Qatar and the steps that the Embassy has taken to prepare for a severe influenza outbreak, should that occur. DCM chaired the meeting with representatives f [...]
2009-11-04 13:24:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AMED ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09DUBLIN180MGSF01: Ireland's First "Probable" H1N1 Case
[...] (U) Irish health authorities have confirmed the first "probable" case of the H1N1 virus in Ireland. The victim, a recently returned traveler from Mexico, has been quarantined and is undergoing medical treatment. It is understood that those in immediate contact with the victim have also been g [...]
2009-05-01 15:48:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PGOV
09DUSHANBE1457TAJIKISTAN - H1N1 SITUATION, INFORMATION SCARCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: About one fourth of all people in Tajikistan will contract influenza by February 2010, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) Adviser. This number includes all forms of influenza, not just H1N1. In a worst-case scenario, about 1,000 of those infected would die. There [...]
2009-12-24 05:52:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI EAID KFLU CDC WHO TI
09GABORONE632BOTSWANA: GOB INTERVENTIONS ON H1N1
[...] Summary: As of July 31, 2009, there were only 13 confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza in Botswana. However, government actions to inform the public and screen for the disease began in late April. The Botswana Ministry of Health has issued a series of notices in local media to alert the public ab [...]
2009-08-10 05:34:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAID SOCI TBIO PGOV BC
09GENEVA290REPORTING OF INDONESIA HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (SBU) Summary. WHO confirms Indonesia is reporting human avian influenza (H5N1) cases to WHO, but WHO has agreed with the Indonesian Ministry of Health not to publicize that information before Indonesia does. WHO asserts this agreement is the only way WHO can conduct risk assessment on the [...]
2009-04-07 14:58:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AMGT EAGR PGOV TBIO
09GENEVA95THAI FM ON PANDEMIC SURVEILLANCE AND COMPULSORY
[...] (U) In a February 2 meeting with Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya for Geneva diplomats, Charge lauded Thai activism on international health security issues, but also expressed the hope that we would be able to make progress in the coming year to address our common interest in a well funct [...]
2009-02-03 14:30:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM ETRD PREL WHO KBIO KFLU TH
09GUANGZHOU127Think Twice about that Scrumptious Sliver of Pig Liver:
[...] (U) Summary: Another day, another adulterated food problem. Pork tainted with the chemical clenbuterol has severely sickened 70 in Guangdong. An illegal pig-feed additive, clenbuterol, continues to be used by pig farmers to improve the quality of meat and increase wholesale profits, but with [...]
2009-02-23 09:15:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU SOCI CH
09GUANGZHOU55AVIAN FLU UPDATE: GUANGXI TEEN BECOMES FIFTH AI FATALITY IN
[...] (U) Summary: Mindful of the need for transparency on pandemic diseases, Chinese authorities released information that an 18-year old in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region had become China's fifth H5N1 avian influenza (AI) fatality of 2009. Possible sources of the infection under i [...]
2009-01-30 07:28:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU CASC SOCI PREL HK CH
09GUANGZHOU585H1N1 PREPAREDNESS DEEMED SUFFICIENT BY GUANGDONG HEALTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Health officials in Guangdong Province, birthplace of SARS and the H5N1 virus in Asia, are confident that they are well prepared to deal with the threat of influenza outbreaks this flu season. Officials expressed confidence that existing H1N1 prevention and control measures --i [...]
2009-10-14 09:06:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC SOCI PREL HK CH
09GUANGZHOU586H1N1 PREPAREDNESS DEEMED SUFFICIENT BY GUANGDONG HEALTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Health officials in Guangdong Province, birthplace of SARS and the H5N1 virus in Asia, are confident that they are well prepared to deal with the threat of influenza outbreaks this flu season. Officials expressed confidence that existing H1N1 prevention and control measures --i [...]
2009-10-14 09:07:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC SOCI PREL HK CH
09GUANGZHOU6INFANT CONTRACTS H9N2 AVIAN FLU IN SHENZHEN, HOSPITALIZED
[...] Summary: An eleven-week old girl who resides in Shenzhen has reportedly contracted the H9N2 strain of avian influenza (AI). She is being treated in a Hong Kong hospital. Some medical experts have expressed concern that the H9N2 virus, which is less virulent than H5N1, may have mutated because [...]
2009-01-05 07:25:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU CASC SOCI PREL HK CH
09GUANGZHOU76Guangxi AI Update: Still No Link To Bird Outbreak -
[...] (U) Summary: Authorities have been unable to link the H5N1-death of a Guangxi teen, the 5th fatality of 2009, with an outbreak among bird populations. Some south China health experts suspect that recent human AI cases may be associated with birds that carry and transmit the virus but do not t [...]
2009-02-06 09:32:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC SOCI PREL HK CH
09HAMILTON133STATUS OF H1N1 IN BERMUDA: 16 CASES
[...] (U) The Government of Bermuda (GOB) has reported six new confirmed cases of H1N1 on the Island in October and one in late September, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases from 10 (REFTEL) to 16 in Bermuda as of October 31. According to the Department of Health's website, [...]
2009-11-10 20:40:00Consulate HamiltonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER AMGT KFLU TF BD
09HAMILTON142STATUS OF H1N1 IN BERMUDA: 19 CASES
[...] (U) As of November 28, the Government of Bermuda (GOB) has reported three new confirmed cases of H1N1 on the Island in November, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 19 from 16 on November 10 (REFTEL A). Of those, 17 were residents and 2 were visitors, up from one v [...]
2009-12-02 20:31:00Consulate HamiltonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER AMGT KFLU TF BD
09HAMILTON148STATUS OF H1N1 IN BERMUDA: 23 CASES
[...] (U) As of December 12, the Government of Bermuda (GOB) has reported four new confirmed cases of H1N1 on the Island in December, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 23 from 19 on November 28 (REFTEL A). Of those, 21 were residents and 2 were visitors. According to [...]
2009-12-18 20:14:00Consulate HamiltonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER AMGT KFLU TF BD
09HAMILTON92STATUS OF H1N1 IN BERMUDA: TEN CASES
[...] The government of Bermuda (GOB) continues to follow WHO guidelines for Pandemic Alert Level Phase Six and prominently posts H1N1 updates, facts, health tips and contact information on its Department of Health website: www.health.gov.bm . Bermuda's Minister of Health stated in June that [...]
2009-08-28 17:04:00Consulate HamiltonUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT KFLU TF BD
09HANOI103AVIAN INFLUENZA SPREADS IN VIETNAM: NEW HUMAN INFECTION AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-10 08:58:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
09HANOI122AVIAN INFLUENZA: ANIMAL OUTBREAKS SPREAD INTO SEVEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 09:53:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
09HANOI127AVIAN INFLUENZA: THIRD CONFIRMED HUMAN CASE IN PAST TWO
[...] (U) In a conversation this afternoon with Health and Human Services officials at the U.S. Embassy, Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga, Director General of the Vietnam Administration of Public Medicine (VAPM),confirmed media reports that a 32 year old male patient in Kim Tan commune, Kim Son district, Ninh Bin [...]
2009-02-17 09:43:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
09HANOI1404TWO NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA POULTRY OUTBREAKS AND UPDATE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Earlier this week, Vietnam reported two poultry outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI),confirmed to be with the viral strain A/H5N1, in southernmost Ca Mau province and northern Thai Nguyen province. We have not seen any reports of human infections in these provin [...]
2009-12-21 09:33:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR EAID PREL KFLU VM
09HANOI21VIETNAM'S FIRST HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA INFECTION OF 2009
[...] (U) Summary: Local officials confirmed a recent human infection with H5N1, Vietnam's first since March 2008. The victim, an eight year old girl who resided in a rural, mountainous village in northern Vietnam, consumed sick poultry prior to becoming ill. Her 13 year old sister died on January [...]
2009-01-08 10:15:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
09HANOI260 NEW HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA CASE IN MEKONG DELTA PROVINCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-19 10:23:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
09HANOI398 AMBASSADOR LOFTIS REVIEWS VIETNAMESE RESPONSE TO AVIAN
[...] (U) Summary: In meetings with the Embassy avian influenza team, other donors, USAID implementing partners, and the Government of Vietnam (GVN),Ambassador Loftis discussed the GVN response to avian influenza, its successes, and how the response might be improved. Ambassador Loftis informed the [...]
2009-04-28 03:33:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
09HANOI403 MGSF01: HANOI SWINE FLU RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) On April 27, the DCM convened a meeting of the Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) and the Emergency Action Committee (EAC)in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to review current information on swine flu outbreaks and to review tripwires associated with influenza outbreaks in Vietnam in response [...]
2009-04-28 10:32:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AEMR AMGT CASC EAGR PINR MG KFLU KFLO
09HANOI418AVIAN INFLUENZA CASE NUMBER 111, FOURTH THIS YEAR, ALL
[...] (SBU) Summary. On April 24, 2009, the MOH reported a fatal human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (HPAI) of the H5N1 strain in a 23 year-old woman in northern Vietnam. This is the fourth case reported from Vietnam in 2009, all of them fatal. Reporting to CDC Hanoi and the World Hea [...]
2009-04-29 10:36:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED PINR KFLU VM
09HANOI546 TFLU01: IN VIETNAM, INFLUENZA INFECTIONS GROWING, THOUGH
[...] (U) Summary: Vietnam continues to report new A/H1N1 infections, now totaling 23. However, secondary transmission remains minimal, with only three instances of infection of family members. At this time, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) is continuing preventive measures, including airport screen [...]
2009-06-12 09:53:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
09HANOI558 REVIEW OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN VACCINES
[...] (SBU) Summary. On Monday, June 8, the Ministry of Health (MOH) hosted experts from around the world at a conference reviewing research and development of human vaccines against influenza. Chaired by MOH Vice Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, the meeting contributed needed momentum to identify and t [...]
2009-06-17 08:42:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
09HANOI65UPDATE ON VIETNAM'S LATEST HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA INFECTION
[...] (U) Summary: Confirmed case number 107, an 8-year-old girl from Thanh Hoa province infected with the H5N1 strain clade 2.3.4 of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was discharged from the hospital and will be counted towards the total number of human infections for 2008. The girl's 13-yea [...]
2009-01-23 06:17:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
09HANOI722 VIETNAM MOVING FROM CONTAINMENT TO QUENCHING SOUTHERN
[...] (SBU) Summary. As of August 2, 2009, Vietnam's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a total of 936 cases of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009. Initially, H1N1 cases increased steadily, but almost exclusively, among persons entering Vietnam from known outbreak areas and their close contacts in count [...]
2009-08-03 10:16:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
09HANOI925Vietnam's 2010 ASEAN Chairmanship
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam considers its turn as ASEAN chair to be the leading foreign policy priority for 2010. Substantively, Vietnam's leadership wants to be seen as a responsible member of the international community -- professional and well-briefed, acting as an "honest broker" when possible - [...]
2009-12-11 07:39:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECIN ASEAN SENV KFLU BM KN VM
09HARARE618ZIMBABWE H1N1 FLU: TWO CASES CONFIRMED
[...] (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 [...]
2009-07-29 10:14:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON EAGR PHUM ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
09HAVANA269H1N1: FIRST CASE IN CUBA; FIDEL ADMITS NOT PART OF
[...] Cuba confirmed its first case of the H1N1 virus in a Mexican medical student who returned to the island days before Cuba became the first country to suspend flights from Mexico on April 29. Fidel Castro defended Cuba's (over) reaction to the outbreak and made a few accusations of his own alon [...]
2009-05-12 19:20:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU ASEC TF ECON CU
09HELSINKI160MSGF01: THREE FINNS TESTED FOR SWINE FLU; TAMIFLU AND
[...] (U) Three Finnish citizens who recently returned from travelling in Mexico have been tested for possible swine flu. One test has come back negative; the other two test results should be known within a week. The case garnering intense media attention involves an elderly woman who returned to L [...]
2009-04-30 12:02:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09HOCHIMINHCITY338TFFLU01 HCMC H1N1 INFLUENZA CONTAINMENT MEASURES: PASSENGER
[...] (SBU) Summary. As of COB May 6, there have been no confirmed reports of the novel H1N1 influenza A in humans or livestock in Vietnam. As over 70 percent of international arrivals enter the country through HCMC, the virus is expected to make its Vietnam debut here. Authorities state that ther [...]
2009-05-06 10:39:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AEMR AMGT CASC EAGR PINR MG KFLU KFLO
09HOCHIMINHCITY415TFFLU01: HCMC EXPANDS NOVEL H1N1 INFLUENZA A OUTREACH AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of COB May 26, there are no confirmed human cases of novel influenza A/H1N1 in Vietnam. Between April 26 and May 25, approximately 70 international travelers, including 26 AmCits, were quarantined after either exhibiting high temperatures on arrival at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan [...]
2009-05-28 09:56:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR ECON PINR KFLU VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY429TFLU01: INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH POWERS HCMC H1N1 INFLUENZA A
[...] (SBU) Summary: HCMC's Tropical Disease Hospital (TDH) was the first in Vietnam to develop the capacity to identify the novel influenza A/H1N1 virus in humans. Instead of waiting for World Health Organization/Centers for Disease Control diagnostic kits, researchers at the TDH independently des [...]
2009-05-29 10:34:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR ECON PINR KFLU VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY433TFLU01: FIRST THREE CASES OF NOVEL INFLUENZA A/H1N1
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Vietnamese Ministry of Health's Administration of Preventive Medicine confirmed Vietnam's first case of novel influenza AH1N1 on May 31 (a Vietnamese student from Wisconsin). The next day brought reports of two unconfirmed additional cases (a mother and daughter from Los A [...]
2009-06-01 12:25:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR ECON PINR KFLU VM
09HONGKONG1066HONG KONG: H1N1 LESSONS LEARNED
[...] Summary. The recent and ongoing H1N1 outbreak has loomed large on the consciousness of the Hong Kong Government (HKG) and its citizens. This issue was especially sensitive in Hong Kong, given the collective memory of the SARS outbreak in 2003. Our task became more difficult when public and [...]
2009-06-12 00:44:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09HONGKONG1075HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE - EAC MEETING IN RESPONSE TO
[...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met June 12 to review pandemic tripwires and reassess our readiness in response to the World Health Organization's (WHO) announcement of a Phase 6 Pandemic Alert and the Hong Kong Government's (HKG) announcement of community transmission (Reftel A),bot [...]
2009-06-12 08:45:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDAMED AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF
09HONGKONG1109HK H1N1 UPDATE - LOCAL TRANSMISSION TAKES ROOT,
[...] Summary: H1N1 cases in Hong Kong continue to increase, including new community transmissions, despite school closures. Four secondary schools have now been closed, joining all nursery, kindergarten and primary schools in Hong Kong. Additional secondary schools will be closed as outbreaks oc [...]
2009-06-17 09:23:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDAMED AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPA KSAF
09HONGKONG1164HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE - HK SCHOOLS REMAIN CLOSED,
[...] Summary: The number of H1N1 cases in Hong Kong continues to climb, while Macau has gone from zero cases to eight, including the first instance of community transmission, in the last six days. In response to the continued outbreak in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Government (HKG) announced June 23 [...]
2009-06-24 10:01:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDAMED AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF
09HONGKONG1317HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE - FIRST POSSIBLE
[...] Summary: Hong Kong and Macau both continue to see increases in confirmed H1N1 cases. In Hong Kong, the total number of confirmed H1N1 cases surpassed 1,500 on July 16, while Macau is approaching 100 total cases. The number of H1N1 patients admitted to hospitals in Hong Kong continues to sl [...]
2009-07-17 09:48:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDAMED AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF
09HONGKONG1567H1N1 CASES FORCE CLOSURE OF TWO HONG KONG
[...] Hong Kong authorities have ordered the closure of a special school and a child-care center after 16 children and two staff members developed flu-like symptoms and tested positive for H1N1 influenza. The Heep Hong Society Wan Tsui Center for disabled children was closed for seven days after s [...]
2009-08-19 10:21:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT CASC KFLO KFLU HK CH
09HONGKONG1652H1N1 FORCES MORE SCHOOL CLOSURES. HK MOVING
[...] Hong Kong health authorities instructed Hong Kong International School (HKIS),s Primary School division to close for seven days, due to increased student absences for influenza-like illness (ILI) symptoms. Although HKIS Primary School officials told U.S. Consulate staff that there have been o [...]
2009-09-01 11:08:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT CASC CH HK KFLO KFLU
09HONGKONG1985CDC FINDS HONG KONG'S INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 00:07:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED CASC CH HK KFLU PREL SOCI TBIO
09HONGKONG2023MACAU HEALTH CARE: ABLE TO HANDLE CURRENT H1N1,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Macau's health care system has thus far coped well with the relatively few H1N1 cases confirmed there. However, a more severe wave of infections would quickly overwhelm local capacity. Macau officials have adopted internationally recognized surveillance standards but lack the [...]
2009-11-03 03:48:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALAMED CASC CH HK KFLU PREL SOCI TBIO
09HONGKONG2051HONG KONG SECURES H1N1 VACCINE, BUT CONCERNS OVER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Hong Kong health officials announced on November 5 that French manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur S.A. won the tender to provide Hong Kong with three million doses of H1N1 vaccine. The first 500,000 doses are scheduled to arrive in mid-December and the remaining 2.5 million doses in Jan [...]
2009-11-06 10:38:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDAMED CASC CH HK KFLU PREL SOCI TBIO
09HONGKONG275MAINLAND POULTRY WASHES UP ON HONG KONG'S SHORES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 09:31:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED EAGR KFLU PINR TBIO HK CH
09HONGKONG461HONG KONG'S UPDATED AVIAN INFLUENZA/PANDEMIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post submits the following updated Pandemic Influenza (PI) tripwires for consideration and coordination in response to Department-provided guidance and action request (Reftel A). These tripwires were developed as part of Post's ongoing efforts to ensure we are as prepared as po [...]
2009-03-13 07:40:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KSEO KPAO TBIO HK CH
09HONGKONG768HONG KONG SWINE FLU RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) In response to the Swine Flu outbreak in Mexico and cases in the U.S. and other countries, on April 26 Hong Kong raised its 3-tier pandemic response level from Tier-1, "Alert", to Tier-2, "Serious". Hong Kong's move is precautionary and follows established protocols. There have been no [...]
2009-04-27 10:06:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KPAO KSEO TBIO HK CH
09HONGKONG785HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE - NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE
[...] (SBU) Hong Kong's preparedness level remains unchanged at an elevated Tier 2 or "Serious" response level for Pandemic Influenza (PI) (REFTEL) and Hong Kong health authorities continue to closely monitor arrivals at all border crossings and international terminals. All arriving passengers trans [...]
2009-04-29 09:43:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG
09HONGKONG843HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/7),QUARANTINE ORDEAL ENDS
[...] On May 7, Hong Kong health authorities began the phased release of the approximately 350 individuals (240 of which are foreign nationals, including 10 AMCITS) placed in quarantine due to exposure to the H1N1-positive patient confirmed in Hong Kong on May 1 (Reftel). The first group of 35 indi [...]
2009-05-07 11:06:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG
09HONGKONG887HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/14) 2ND CASE CONFIRMED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 10:33:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG
09HONGKONG899HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/15): CG PUSHES BACK WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-15 11:48:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG
09HONGKONG935TFFLU01: HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/21),QUARANTINE
[...] (U) Effective May 21, Hong Kong will no longer mandatorily quarantine travelers who have been in contact with a confirmed H1N1 patient. Under new guidelines released May 20, travelers and others linked through direct or proximity contact to a confirmed H1N1 patient, who do not exhibit flu-like [...]
2009-05-21 09:21:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG
09HONGKONG940HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/15): CG PUSHES BACK WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: In May 15 phone calls to Chief Executive Donald Tsang and Health Secretary York Chow, as well as active public diplomacy work with the press and demonstrators at the Consulate, the Consulate General has pushed back briskly against Hong Kong government allegations that the United [...]
2009-05-22 01:32:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG
09HYDERABAD63H1N1 POSITIVE AMERICANS QUARANTINED IN HYDERABAD
[...] SUMMARY: To date, Hyderabad ACS has verified the U.S. citizenship of five persons quarantined for H1N1 influenza in our consular district. Two adults have been released, while three Amcit minors have tested positive and continue in quarantine. Several LPRs (U.S. legal permanent residents) hav [...]
2009-06-18 11:40:00American Consulate HyderabadUNCLASSIFIEDCASC KFLU IN
09ISLAMABAD938POST MEETING ON H1N1 READINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post held a meeting of the H5N1 Avian Influenza Committee to assess Embassy readiness should the H1N1 Swine-Origin Influenza Virus(S-OIV) spread to Pakistan. The committee reviewed supplies and tripwires as well as discussed various scenarios and plans for locally engaged staff [...]
2009-05-01 12:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT CASC PK
09ISTANBUL203LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE H1N1 OUTBREAK IN TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: An Amcit transit passenger was Turkey's first confirmed H1N1 case. His mother, a green card holder (LPR),also tested positive for the virus. Subsequently six more confirmed H1N1 cases have been announced by the Government of Turkey (GOT) including an additional U.S. citizen [...]
2009-06-09 05:39:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV CASC KFLU PREL AMGT TU
09JAKARTA1001NAMRU-2: THE PATH FORWARD
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Health Minister Supari has postponed her Washington visit, the time is still right to explore deepening our health cooperation with Indonesia. To do this we must first overcome an imme [...]
2009-06-12 05:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU AMED EAGR AMGT MASS PGOV
09JAKARTA1004NAMRU 2 PATH FORWARD: PROPOSED JULY 16
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 08:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED KFLU EAGR AMGT MASS PGOV
09JAKARTA1006NAMRU 2 PATH FORWARD: PROPOSED JUNE 16
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 5. This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Despite the postponement of her planned Washington trip, Indonesian Health Minister Supari is still keen to explore deepening our health cooperation. Mi [...]
2009-06-12 09:23:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED KFLU EAGR AMGT MASS PGOV
09JAKARTA1075Health Cooperation Q Moving Toward a New
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This message outlines a vision of greater health cooperation with Indonesia and provides building blocks for the June 25 Sub-IPC. The United States now has an opportunity to transform our health [...]
2009-06-24 10:24:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED KFLU MASS PGOV ID
09JAKARTA1167Indonesia Proposes Health Cooperation
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Ministry of Health wants to expand health cooperation with the United States. Towards this end, they have presented us with a draft MOU that outlines a broad framework for our he [...]
2009-07-10 08:00:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED KFLU MASS PGOV ID
09JAKARTA1408Health Cooperation - GOI Proposes
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; please handle accordingly. Please see action request in paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government has proposed a health cooperation memorandum of understanding to be released during the President's proposed trip to Indonesi [...]
2009-08-25 09:49:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PGOV AMED KFLU MASS ID
09JAKARTA263INDONESIA: UNREPORTED RECENT AI CASES
[...] (C) Although the World Health Organization's official website as updated on February 11 reflects no Indonesian confirmed human avian influenza cases for 2009, local WHO authorities have confided that Indonesian laboratories have confirmed four cases in January. The Ministry of Health notifi [...]
2009-02-13 11:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALTBIO KFLU AMED EAGR PREL WHO ID
09JAKARTA477INDONESIA - NON-REPORTING OF AVIAN INFLUENZA AND
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Indonesia has not officially confirmed any cases of human H5N1 infection since January 22, 2009, despite numerous reports of human avian influenza cases. One March 3 press report quoted Bayu Krisnamurthi, Chief Executive of [...]
2009-03-17 10:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
09JAKARTA743MGSF01: INDONESIA REACTS TO KEEP OUT SWINE FLU
[...] President Yudhoyono convened an emergency cabinet meeting on April 27 and instructed authorities to take immediate measures to prevent the spread of swine flu to Indonesia. Measures include halting imports of pork, expanding the bird flu pandemic preparedness program, and surveillance of the [...]
2009-04-28 10:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09JEDDAH452THREATS OF IRANIAN PROTESTS AND H1N1 LOOM OVER HAJJ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) continues to prepare for the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, which will take place November 25)27. While concerns over the spread of H1N1 may lead to significantly fewer pilgrims participating in this year,s pilgrimage, SAG officials appea [...]
2009-11-24 11:58:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALIR KIRF KISL PGOV PREL KFLU SA
09JEDDAH466HAJJ 2009/1430 -- AN AMERICAN'S INSIDE VIEW OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 14:47:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL PGOV PREL KFLU SA
09JERUSALEM1004TWO H1N1 CASES CONFIRMED IN THE WEST BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Health officials have confirmed two cases of H1N1 in the West Bank (Bethlehem). A four-year-old girl was diagnosed on June 10, and her mother on June 13. Both cases were characterized as "mild," and the patients are expected to recover ful [...]
2009-06-15 14:30:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU SENV ECON EAGR EAID KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1392FIRST FATALITY FROM H1N1 CONFIRMED IN THE WEST BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Health officials confirmed that the first death in the West Bank from H1N1 occurred on August 7. A 34-year-old man contracted flu-like symptoms during a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. Upon his return, he was diagnosed with H1N1 at a Ramallah [...]
2009-08-11 13:31:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON KWBG SENV TBIO KFLU
09JERUSALEM2238H1N1 ARRIVES IN GAZA DESPITE CLOSURE POLICY
[...] (SBU) Summary. On December 6, the de facto Hamas authorities in Gaza announced the first confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus. As of the evening of December 8, health workers confirmed 21 cases of H1N1 in Gaza, including five fatalities. End summary. 2. (SBU) On December 6, the Hamas "Minis [...]
2009-12-10 14:39:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR EAID ECON KWBG SENV
09KABUL1782PRESS STATEMENT ON H1N1 CASES AT BAGRAM AIRBASE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Public Affairs officers from the U.S. Embassy and USFOR-A met with officials from the Ministry of Public Health July 8 to draft a press statement on the 14 influenza cases at Bagram Air Base, which the Ministry released the afternoon of the same day. END SUMMARY. TEXT OF PRES [...]
2009-07-08 11:58:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KFLU AF
09KABUL3502AFGHAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES H1N1 STATE OF EMERGENCY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's Second Vice President Mohammad Karim Khalili declared a H1N1 state of emergency November 1 and announced all schools and universities will close for three weeks to prevent further spread of the disease. More than 20 new cases of H1N1 have been reported in the last [...]
2009-11-03 12:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KFLU KSTH EAID PREL WHO AF
09KATHMANDU138NEPALI GOVERNMENT DECLARES AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (U) On February 20, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives announced that another case of H5N1 avian influenza has been detected. The announcement came 11 days after the Ministry declared that Nepal,s first outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza has been &contained and controlled8 and slight [...]
2009-02-20 09:22:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAGR EAID CASC SOCI AMEDI KFLU NP
09KINGSTON496JAMAICA: H1N1 14 CONFIRMED CASES, STATUS REPORT
[...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has confirmed fourteen cases of influenza A (H1N1) on the island. The first two cases were from two people who arrived from New York on May 19 (reftel). In the first week of June, five cases were detected, all related to people who traveled from the Unite [...]
2009-06-22 17:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC TBIO SOCI PREL PINR KFLU XL JM
09KOLKATA153FRESH AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN WEST BENGAL
[...] (SBU) On May 27, the GOI's central Ministry of Agriculture confirmed a new outbreak of avian influenza among poultry at Hemtabad in the North Dinajpur district of West Bengal. Hemtabad is located about 490 KM north of Kolkata and 20 KM from the border with Bangladesh. Contacts in West Bengal' [...]
2009-06-08 04:44:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BD
09KOLKATA18FIRST CONFIRMED AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN SIKKIM
[...] (U) On January 19, the Indian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the presence of the H5N1 virus in poultry in Ravongla Municipality in South Sikkim district in the northeastern state of Sikkim. The epicenter is located approximately 40 km north of the last reported AI outbreak in India in Darje [...]
2009-01-23 10:59:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN NP CH
09KOLKATA261WEST BENGAL GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGES SOCIAL DISTANCING DURING
[...] Summary: Over the past three weeks there has been a decline in the rate of reported H1N1 infections in Kolkata. But thousands of people gathered in enclosed spaces during the ensuing Durga Puja festival could increase H1N1 transmission. The West Bengal government has launched a campaign to en [...]
2009-09-24 06:11:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR AMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU PGOV IN
09KOLKATA28NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN WEST BENGAL
[...] (U) On January 30, the Indian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the presence of the H5N1 virus in West Bengal's Coochbehar district. The two avian influenza (AI) epicenters are in the villages of Nagar Bhagni and Uttar Dangkoba, in two non-contiguous administrative blocks of the district. The [...]
2009-02-06 05:13:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BD
09KOLKATA3NEW CONFIRMED AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAKS IN WEST BENGAL
[...] (U) On January 2 the Indian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the presence of H5N1 virus in poultry in two non-contiguous administrative blocks of Darjeeling, a district in northern West Bengal. Avian influenza (AI) was confirmed in Matigara in southern Darjeeling and Tukdah in the northern pa [...]
2009-01-07 09:38:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BG
09KOLKATA43AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN WEST BENGAL'S SOUTH
[...] (SBU) On February 17, the Principal Secretary of West Bengal's Animal Resources Development (ARD) Department confirmed the presence of avian influenza (AI) H5N1 virus in backyard poultry of Barmahar village in South Dinajpur district. The latest epicenter is located approximately 300 km north [...]
2009-02-20 04:50:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BD
09KOLKATA55NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN WEST BENGAL - A CROSS BORDER
[...] (U) On February 24, the GOI reported a second outbreak of the avian influenza (AI) virus H5N1 in backyard poultry in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, this time in the forest village of Punding (See Reftel). The village is about 630 km north of Kolkata and the district physically borders the [...]
2009-03-05 09:15:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BG
09KOLONIA66KOLONIA CONVENES EAC REGARDING H1N1
[...] (SBU) Per reftel and in response to the H1N1 outbreak in many countries, Embassy Kolonia's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on April 29. Members present were DCM, ECON/CONS and MGT. 2. (SBU) EAC members unanimously agreed that the first tripwire had not been met in the Federated S [...]
2009-05-01 03:00:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED AMGT ASEC CASC KSAF KFLU TBIO FM
09KOLONIA67FSM INSTITUTUTES NEW AIRPORT SCREENING PROCEDURES DUE TO
[...] Post previously reported that the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) announced new screening procedures for arriving air travel passengers (reftel). The new procedures aim to identify persons arriving from areas affected by the H1N1 (swine flu) virus. The first screenings took place on Apri [...]
2009-05-01 05:45:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIEDAMED ASEC CASC KFLU TBIO FM
09KUALALUMPUR317Embassy Kuala Lumpur?s EAC Convenes
[...] (SBU) In response to the H1N1 outbreak in Mexico and reported cases in the U.S. and other countries and Department guidance (reftel),Embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on April 27 to review Post?s contingency plans and tripwires and the government of Malaysia?s (GOM) pandemi [...]
2009-04-28 09:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF
09KUALALUMPUR319MGSF01: Malaysia's Response to Global Swine Flu
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Malaysian government on April 27 placed the country on "high alert" to fully monitor the flu's spread in country. The Malaysian Ministry of Health has been working closely with World Health Organization (WHO) to ensure that proactive measures are being taken to protect the [...]
2009-04-28 12:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09KUALALUMPUR320MGSF01: Malaysia Response to H1N1-- End-of-Day Report #2
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Influenza Pandemic Planning Committee (NIPPC) affirmed that no suspected H1N1 cases have been reported in Malaysia. The Ministry of Health (MOH) reiterated its travel advisory for Malaysians to postpone unnecessary international travel, especially to affected count [...]
2009-04-29 10:51:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09KUALALUMPUR324MGSF01: Malaysia Response to H1N1!Update
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia still has no reported human H1N1 cases. The screening procedures used by the Ministry of Health (MOH) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) continue to become clearer. Malaysia!/s preparedness infrastructure, including stocks of antiviral treatments and hospi [...]
2009-05-02 05:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF
09KUALALUMPUR336TFFLU01: MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - MAY 6, 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia has no reported human H1N1 cases. Four potential cases have already been tested and cleared. Post delivered a demarche to the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry requesting a reconsideration of the cur [...]
2009-05-06 09:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR347PORK SAFETY CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia issued a "freeze" on pork imports on April 29 under the auspices of preventing the spread of H1N1. Post officially protested this action on multiple occasions arguing that WHO, FAO, and OIE have all stated that, "Pork and pork products, handled in accordance with good [...]
2009-05-11 03:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR362TFFLU01: MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - MAY 13, 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia has no reported human H1N1 cases. Two confirmed cases in neighboring Thailand have led to increased surveillance. The Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) issued a more specific travel advisory, which again recommends against all non-essential travel to the U.S [...]
2009-05-13 09:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR377TFFLU01: MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - MAY 15, 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed the first case of H1N1 in Malaysia. The infected individual is a 21 year old Malaysian man who was studying in the U.S. The individual has been quarantined at a government hospital where he is reported to be in stable condition. WHO i [...]
2009-05-15 09:42:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR383TFFLU01: MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - MAY 18, 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Malaysia has two confirmed H1N1 cases as of COB May 18. The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed the first case on May 15 (see reftel) and the second case on May 17. Both individuals are Malaysian citizens who traveled back to Malaysia together on the same flight after studying i [...]
2009-05-18 09:17:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR395TFFLU01: MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - MAY 21, 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Malaysia's only two confirmed H1N1 cases will be released from quarantine on May 21 after the Ministry of Health (MOH) pronounced them both healthy. One AmCit who had traveled with these individuals was released from quarantine on May 20 after experiencing no symptoms. However, [...]
2009-05-21 08:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR446TFFLU01: MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - June 5, 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed three new cases of H1N1 in Malaysia on June 4. One case is a Malaysian student who returned from the U.S. where he was studying. The other two cases are German tourists who arrived together from Singapore. Malaysia's two previous H1N1 case [...]
2009-06-05 09:11:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR476MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - June 12, 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed a total of 11 H1N1 cases in Malaysia. Of these 11 cases, seven cases have been previously treated and released with no reported deaths. The remaining four cases are currently receiving treatment in quarantine including one U.S. Lawful P [...]
2009-06-12 08:04:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR495MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - June 18, 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed the first case of local transmission of H1N1 in Malaysia, a 17 year old girl who had not traveled abroad but did have contact with Malaysia's 12th confirmed case who was infected outside of Malaysia. Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin ch [...]
2009-06-18 08:47:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR513MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - June 25, 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia is currently committed to containing local transmission of H1N1, although pressures to shift to a mitigation strategy appear to be mounting. The Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Education (MOE) have jointly asked all students returning from the U.S., London, Me [...]
2009-06-25 09:27:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR555MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - July 9, 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Influenza A (H1N1) cases continue to grow in Malaysia with over 300 new cases in the last week. Most cases continue to be imported but about one-third involve local transmission. The Ministry of Health (MOH) reported the first case of second-generation local transmission on Ju [...]
2009-07-09 09:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR621MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - July 29, 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Malaysian Ministry of Health reported the third and fourth Influenza A (H1N1) related deaths on July 29. These deaths both involve local transmission of H1N1. The total number of locally transmitted cases now exceeds the number of imported cases. In the first three cases, t [...]
2009-07-30 01:09:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR663MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - August 11, 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported 14 H1N1-related deaths in the last 48 hours bringing the total to 32 deaths. The Embassy community has experienced its first suspected cases, both involving non-school age children of employees who have been treated and are now recoverin [...]
2009-08-11 12:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUWAIT315EMBASSY KUWAIT PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS
[...] (SBU) In meetings on March 16 and 23, Post's Pandemic Influenza (PI) Working Group approved PI Tripwires and undertook contingency planning for a PI outbreak in Kuwait (ref A). Personnel from Post's health, economic, political, management, consular and RSO sections, together with medical/heal [...]
2009-03-31 14:07:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO KPAO
09KUWAIT436KUWAIT'S H1N1 FLU PREPARATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Drawing on pre-existing avian influenza preparatory work, the GOK is proactively implementing measures to prepare Kuwait for a possible pandemic outbreak related to H1N1 influenza. Current measures include: passenger screening (for high temperature) at airports and seaports; pro [...]
2009-04-30 14:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA KU
09KUWAIT449TFFLU01: CONFUSION SURROUNDS GOK'S STRINGENT H1N1
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Post's daily interactions with Ministry of Health (MOH) officials since April 30 have yielded conflicting and inconsistent statements and policies regarding the GOK's H1N1 measures, particularly as they relate to the obligations of passengers arriving from affected cou [...]
2009-05-05 08:05:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT455TFFLU01: KUWAIT: ACTING MINISTER OF HEALTH AGREES
[...] (C) Summary: Post continues to tussle with the vagaries of GoK requirements for all travelers to visit public clinics within three days and again within seven days of their arrival in Kuwait. On May 6, the acting Minister of Health agreed with Ambassador's proposal that the U.S. military scre [...]
2009-05-06 10:43:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT498TFFLU01: KUWAIT: EIGHT CASES CONFIRMED AMONG
[...] (C) Summary: Subsequent to close coordination between Post and U.S. miloffs in Kuwait and an exchange of letters between Ambassador and the acting Health Minister pertaining to screening of U.S. military personnel arriving in Kuwait (ref A),miloffs informed Emboffs May 15 that eight cases of H [...]
2009-05-17 15:16:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT515TFFLU01: UPDATE ON KUWAIT H1N1 CASES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Army Central Command (ARCENT) officers report that 18 cases of novel type A H1N1 influenza have been confirmed among U.S. military personnel transiting through, or assigned to, U.S. military installations in Kuwait. All these cases were mild and the affected personnel have recove [...]
2009-05-21 15:22:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT530KUWAIT: 18 U.S. MILITARY H1N1 CASES MADE PUBLIC;
[...] (C) Summary: News of 18 confirmed H1N1 cases among U.S. military personnel in Kuwait dominated newspaper headlines and TV news shows on May 24 and 25 (ref A). The Ministry of Health moved promptly to stymie panic, including holding a well-received press conference on May 24. Separately, Kuwai [...]
2009-05-26 14:10:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT574UPDATE ON H1N1 CASES AMONG U.S. MILITARY IN KUWAIT
[...] (C) During an introductory meeting with the new Minister of Health, Dr. Hilal Musaed Al-Sayer, Ambassador provided an update on the status of H1N1 influenza cases among U.S. military transiting through Kuwait and informed the Minister that the USG would likely notify the WHO of additional cases [...]
2009-06-08 11:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT594KUWAIT H1N1 UPDATE: 1 YES STUDENT CONFIRMED; NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -There have been no new confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza among U.S. military personnel in Kuwait since June 4. The total number of confirmations remains at 69, though the WHO and GOK continue to state 18. -One Kuwaiti high school student who participated in the USG-funded A [...]
2009-06-16 14:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT633KUWAIT H1N1 LESSONS LEARNED -- WALKING THE LINE
[...] (C) Summary: Reports of multiple H1N1 influenza cases among U.S. military personnel in Kuwait in mid-May strained U.S.-Kuwait relations and threatened the seamless monthly flow of 50,000 OIF troops. Emboffs and senior Army officers worked diligently to maintain GOK trust in the USG's ability [...]
2009-06-28 03:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU MARR MOPS AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO
09KUWAIT702U.S. MILITARY O/CONUS AND PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy understands that discussions are ongoing among DOD, HHS and DOS regarding primary responsibility for reporting PHEIC (public health emergencies of international concern, e.g., H1N1 influenza outbreaks) among U.S. military personnel serving outside CONUS. Embassy Kuwait -- where t [...]
2009-07-14 09:25:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU MOPS MARR PREL AMED KU
09KUWAIT765KUWAIT H1N1 CASES ACCELERATE
[...] (C) Summary: The GOK's Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported significant increases in H1N1 influenza cases in recent days, with 265 cases confirmed as of August 2. Separately, U.S. Army Central Command (ARCENT) in Kuwait has reported a spike in suspected H1N1 transmissions among personnel serv [...]
2009-08-03 12:01:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU MARR PREL TBIO KPAO KU
09KUWAIT903GOK ESTIMATES H1N1 CASES EXCEED 16,000
[...] (C) Summary: While publicly reporting over 1,600 confirmed H1N1 influenza cases, the GOK's Ministry of Health (MOH) privately estimates that over 16,000 citizens and residents have been, or are, infected with the virus. There have been five fatalities, all relating to individuals with pre-ex [...]
2009-09-10 12:38:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU MARR PREL TBIO KPAO KU
09LAPAZ633MGSF01: BOLIVIA: H1N1 FLU UPDATE
[...] As of April 29, Bolivia has no confirmed cases of the H1N1 ("swine") flu. The Bolivian government is following guidelines released by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and has issued a "health alert" due to the crisis. Bolivian epidemiology official Dr. Renee Lanes confirmed to econoff that [...]
2009-04-29 21:03:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDAADP AEMR AMGT ASEC KFLU CASC KFLO KPAO KSAF
09LAPAZ802MGSF01: BOLIVIA: THREE SUSPECTED CASES OF A/H1N1
[...] On May 28, the first two cases of Influenza A/H1N1 in Bolivia were confirmed by the Bolivian National Center for Tropical Disease (CENETROP). A 39-year-old woman and a seven-year-old boy have both been diagnosed with A/H1N1 in Santa Cruz. Both individuals arrived in Bolivia Monday, May 25 via [...]
2009-06-02 19:34:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDAADP AEMR AMGT ASEC KFLU CASC KFLO KPAO KSAF
09LIBREVILLE392GABON: FIRST CASE OF H1N1 CONFIRMED
[...] (C) Gabon recently suffered its first confirmed case of H1N1 (Influenza A) Swine Flu, resulting in heightened public awareness and the development of a multi-Ministry committee to respond to the threat, while neighboring island country So Tome & Principe remains surprisingly aggressive in their [...]
2009-08-24 14:11:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALECON KFLU TBIO EAID GB
09LILONGWE316MALAWI SWINE FLU RESPONSE: GOOD PLANNING BUT STILL
[...] Summary: While experience with SARS and preparations for Avian Influenza (AI) have benefited Malawi by raising awareness and facilitating relatively advanced planning, the GOM would face serious challenges in managing an actual H1N1 swine flu outbreak. Limited human capacity and scarce finan [...]
2009-06-05 12:26:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO AEMR CASC KSAF KPAO MI
09LISBON244ONE CASE OF H1N1 INFLUENZA IN PORTUGAL
[...] Portugal currently has one confirmed case of 2009-H1N1 influenza. The case is a 30 year-old woman who had recently returned from a vacation in Mexico. The Portuguese Health Minister announced that the woman is recovering well and has been asymptomatic for the past few days. Her relatives a [...]
2009-05-06 11:50:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU PO AEMR ASEC PREL CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF
09LISBON458PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE: NUMBER THREE IN EUROPE
[...] According to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) Portugal has the highest rate of new H1N1 infection in Europe and is third in the total number of cases with 1,833 but has no confirmed fatalities to date. Portugal has a population of 10.7 million. 76 additional case [...]
2009-08-20 14:45:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO
09LISBON471PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE - AUG 27
[...] As of August 23, Portugal has 2,244 H1N1 cases with no confirmed fatalities to date. 411 additional cases were confirmed in the past week. 10 patients remain hospitalized, 2 in intensive care. The average age for Portuguese cases is 22.4 years old and 88 percent are under 40 years old. [...]
2009-08-28 11:51:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO
09LISBON481PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE - SEPT 3
[...] As of 30 August Portugal has 2,614 H1N1 cases with no confirmed fatalities to date. 370 additional cases were confirmed in the last week. 10 patients are hospitalized, 3 of whom are in intensive care. 2. Health Director Francisco George estimates that one million Portuguese will be infe [...]
2009-09-03 13:53:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO
09LISBON509PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE - SEPT 17
[...] Between 31 August and 13 September, Portugal diagnosed 4,495 new cases of H1N1, with no confirmed fatalities to date. 19 patients are hospitalized, 5 in intensive care. Public health officials are expecting, however, that there will be fatalities here soon. 2. The Portuguese Association [...]
2009-09-21 15:32:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU PGOV PO
09LISBON523PORTUGAL ON WHO SUPPORT AGAINST GLOBAL H1N1
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-01 13:56:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AORC PREL WHO PGOV PO
09LISBON528 PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE - OCT 7
[...] Between September 21 and September 27 Portugal diagnosed 1,530 new cases with flu symptoms. The majority of the cases (83 percent) were in continental Portugal, 16 percent in the Azores, and 1 percent in Madeira. Twenty-one patients, including six in intensive care, remain hospitalized. To da [...]
2009-10-08 07:36:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO
09LISBON558 PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE - OCT 27
[...] Between October 12 and October 18 Portugal diagnosed 3,044 new cases with flu symptoms. Fifteen patients remain hospitalized, including two in intensive care. Portugal has had four confirmed H1N1 fatalities to date. 2. The third fatality was a 53-year-old male who died from bilateral pneum [...]
2009-10-28 12:53:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO
09LISBON579 PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE - NOV 13
[...] Between November 2 and November 8 Portugal diagnosed 14,111 new cases with flu symptoms. One hundred twenty-one patients remain hospitalized, including seventeen in intensive care. Portugal has seven confirmed H1N1 fatalities to date. 2. The three latest fatalities include a 10 year-old bo [...]
2009-11-13 09:54:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO
09LISBON625 PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE - DEC 17
[...] Between December 7 and December 13 Portugal diagnosed 14,518 new cases with flu symptoms. One-hundred and thirty-three patients remain hospitalized, including twenty-five in intensive care. There have been forty-six confirmed H1N1 fatalities to date. The majority of the fatalities were males [...]
2009-12-17 12:44:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO
09LJUBLJANA128MSGFO1: APRIL 30 H1N1 FLU UPDATE FOR SLOVENIA
[...] As of April 30, no cases of the H1N1 virus have been confirmed in Slovenia. Three suspected cases have been examined and the results were negative. The Slovenian government has formed a task force to coordinate Slovenia's response to the crisis, but no specific actions have yet been taken. [...]
2009-04-30 14:49:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KFLO SI
09LJUBLJANA176FIRST CASE OF H1N1 INFLUENZA IN SLOVENIA
[...] Slovenia confirmed its first case of H1N1 influenza on Friday, June 19. The case is a young woman who had recently returned from a trip to New York. The woman is being treated with Tamiflu and did not remain in the hospital over the weekend. She is recovering well at home, and those she wa [...]
2009-06-22 13:53:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT SI
09LJUBLJANA182SLOVENIA: H1N1: ELEVEN NEW CASES THIS WEEK BRING SLOVENIA'S
[...] (U) In the past week, the Slovenian National Institute of Public Health confirmed that eleven additional positive cases of H1N1 had been identified, bringing Slovenia's total to fourteen. All patients are being treated at home and authorities did not signal that any of the cases were worrying [...]
2009-07-06 12:22:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT SI
09LJUBLJANA193SLOVENIA: H1N1: TEN NEW CASES BRING SLOVENIA'S TOTAL TO
[...] (U) In the past week, the Slovenian National Institute of Public Health confirmed that ten additional cases of patients infected with H1N1 have been detected in Slovenia, bringing the total number of cases to 24. Post contacted the Institute for details on the cases but was informed that the [...]
2009-07-15 08:11:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT SI
09LJUBLJANA261SLOVENIA: H1N1: SLOVENIAN H1N1 COUNT AT 201
[...] (U) As of August 17, there are 201 Slovenian H1N1 cases, according to the Institute for National Health. The number of reported cases this week has grown from 162 on August 10. 2. (U) The National Institute of Health (IVZ) announced last week that it will only release infection figures on [...]
2009-08-24 14:49:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT SI
09LJUBLJANA376SLOVENIA H1N1 UPDATE: SPIKE IN H1N1-RELATED DEATHS LEADS TO
[...] (U) Summary: As of December 4, Slovenia had registered nine deaths from H1N1 cases, including three who had no previous health issues. Over fifty people are currently reported to be hospitalized with H1N1 across Slovenia. The Slovenian Ministry of Health is using the recent spike in H1N1 cas [...]
2009-12-04 14:32:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KFLU WHO CASC LO SI
09LONDON1708HMG ACCELERATES MEASURES TO COMBAT H1N1 VIRUS;
[...] (SBU) Summary. HMG is preparing for the worst case scenario that one third of the UK population could become infected by the H1N1 virus, with potential deaths ranging from 19,000 to 65,000. HMG's National Pandemic Flu Service website became operational on July 23 and within minutes of its l [...]
2009-07-24 16:55:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON AMGT AMED SOCI CASC EAGR UK
09LONDON2212UK PLEDGES TO DONATE $37 MILLION TO HELP FIGHT THE
[...] (SBU) International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander announced on September 17 that HMG will donate 23 million GBP ($32 million) to the World Health Organization (WHO) to help developing countries tackle the H1N1 pandemic. The value of this commitment is equivalent to 10 percent of the [...]
2009-09-23 15:13:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PREL KFLU WHO UK
09LUANDA289MGSF01: SWINE INFLUENZA: EAC REVIEWS TRIPWIRES AND
[...] (U) CDA convened Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 04/28/2009 to discuss the situation described in reftel and review appropriate tripwires and mission preparedness. The following sections and agencies were represented: POL, CDC, CONS, USAID, MGT, USAID, USDAO, GSO, CLO and RSO. 2. (U) [...]
2009-04-30 05:48:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO KPAO
09LUANDA549PANDEMIC H1N1 INFLUENZA: EAC REVIEWS TRIPWIRES AND
[...] (SBU) A/DCM convened Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 2, 2009 to review information from the previous day confirming Angola's first cases of Pandemic H1N1 Influenza (Ref A). The EAC reviewed relevant tripwires and mission preparedness. The following sections and agencies were rep [...]
2009-09-02 19:35:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AMED CASC TBIO KFLU KSAF KSEO KPAO AO
09LUSAKA653H1N1 SPREADING IN ZAMBIA: GRZ AND MISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Pandemic H1N1 influenza is now estimated to be widespread in Zambia, with at least 300 clinical cases and 32 confirmed cases. Local authorities in Copperbelt and Central Province have closed some schools and quarantined students. Embassy Lusaka convened an interagency Pandemi [...]
2009-09-28 09:20:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AMED CASC TBIO KFLU KSAF KSEO KPAO
09LUXEMBOURG213LUXEMBOURG - GOVERNMENT UPDATE ON H1N1
[...] (SBU) The Government of Luxembourg (GOL) announced 26 new cases of H1N1 in Luxembourg during the first week of August. This brings the total incidents of the virus in the nation to 87 since the first reported case on June 1, 2009. Health Minister Mars Di Bartolomeo declared on August 10 that [...]
2009-08-13 05:28:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMED AMGT TBIO LU KFLU
09LUXEMBOURG266LUXEMBOURG: FIRST DEATH FROM SWINE FLU (H1N1)
[...] (U) The first recorded death as a result of the H1N1 virus (Swine Flu) in Luxembourg occurred September 17. The patient was a 55 year old male who had been hospitalized for a serious but unrelated illness. It has not yet been determined where or when he contracted the virus. Prior to this dea [...]
2009-09-18 15:05:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAADP AMED AMGT TBIO KFLU LU
09LUXEMBOURG341H1N1 CLAIMS SECOND LUXEMBOURGER LIFE
[...] (U) The Grand Duchy registered its second swine flu-related death on 16 November. The 48-year-old victim, like Luxembourg's only other fatal case, suffered from other, unspecified maladies. Luxembourg's Health Ministry reports 1,535 estimated cases across the country (as of 17 November). [...]
2009-11-23 14:09:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KFLU CASC SOCI ASCH AMED KPAO TBIO LU
09MADRID659MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JUNE 29-JULY 2
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 17:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG KFLU SP
09MADRID745SPAIN H1N1 UPDATE: 1,526 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While official figures are not available, media reports say that there are currently 1,526 H1N1 cases in Spain, the majority of which are mild. To date, four people have died and 18 are in intensive care. Off the record estimates by public health officials put the number of [...]
2009-07-24 09:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR CH FR SP
09MADRID852MADRID ECONOMIC BIWEEKLY, AUG 17-22
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-22 10:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KFLU SP
09MADRID980SPAIN CONSIDERING PARTICIPATION IN H1N1 VACCINE
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche encouraging participation in the WHO H1N1 vaccine donation program for developing countries to Ildefonso Hernandez Aguado, Director General for Public Health and Foreign Health Matters, and Alfonso Jimenez Palacios, Director General for Pharmacy and Health Pr [...]
2009-10-06 12:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL KFLU WHO SP
09MANAGUA308NICARAGUA: PANDEMIC AND AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES
[...] (U) Summary and Introduction: With no cases of the virulent H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) strain existing yet in the Americas, the Emergency Action Committee reviewed and approved the Mission Response Plan and Tripwires for Pandemic and Avian Influenza. The plan recognizes Nicaragua,s current i [...]
2009-03-23 13:17:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDAMED AMGT ASEC KSAF KSEO SENV TBIO KFLU NU
09MANAGUA525NICARAGUA: STILL NO CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1
[...] (U) Summary: As of May 26, 2009, Nicaragua has reported no confirmed cases of H1N1 Influenza. In response to the H1N1 epidemic, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) is implementing its National Plan for Prevention of and Response to Human Influenza Epidemic, focusing on surveillance at ports of ent [...]
2009-05-26 17:44:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSAF ECON AMED CASC ASEC NU
09MANAMA310FIRST CASE OF H1N1 CONFIRMED IN BAHRAIN
[...] (U) On May 26, Ministry of Health Spokesman Adel Ali Abdulla told econoff that the ministry had identified the first confirmed case of the H1N1 virus in Bahrain. The ministry followed published protocols to isolate the patient and test others who may have been exposed. The ministry has plac [...]
2009-05-26 13:44:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO BA
09MANAMA363BAHRAIN RESPONDS TO H1N1 CASES
[...] (U) Summary: Bahraini authorities announced eleven confirmed cases of H1N1 June 15 and 16. The patients had all recently returned from a youth exchange program in the U.S. Health Authorities have collected additional samples from patient contacts for testing. End Summary. 2. (U) On June 1 [...]
2009-06-17 05:12:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKFLU TBIO PGOV ECON BA
09MANILA1043MGSF01 Economic Impacts and Philippine Response to H1N1
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippine government has earmarked funds for H1N1 prevention and treatment, but the virus has had only minor impact on the Philippine economy. Philippine boxer Manny Pacquiao ignored official warnings to delay his return from Las Vegas to avoid spreading H1N1, diverting med [...]
2009-05-14 06:23:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09MANILA1108First Philippine H1N1 Case
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippine Department of Health has confirmed the Philippines' first case of H1N1 influenza in a 10-year-old girl who arrived May 18 on a flight from the U.S. The Health Department is now trying to contact the other passengers on the flight. The Philippine government is ram [...]
2009-05-22 07:54:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09MANILA1246MGSF01: H1N1 ANXIETY IN THE PHILIPPINES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the number of H1N1 cases in the Philippines remains low (54) and there have been no related deaths, high-profile media coverage and precautionary university closures have increased anxiety levels among the Philippine public. Mission continues to work with Philippine autho [...]
2009-06-10 08:33:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KFLU AEMR CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09MANILA1338Philippines' First A(H1N1) Influenza Death
[...] (U) Summary: The Philippine Department of Health has confirmed the country's first death related to Influenza A(H1N1): a 49-year-old woman employee of the Philippine House of Representatives with a history of heart disease. The death and a growing number of confirmed cases (near 500) prompte [...]
2009-06-24 08:53:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09MANILA913PHILIPPINES' INITIAL RESPONSE TO SWINE FLU THREAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: While no swine flu cases have been reported in the Philippines, the government is taking steps to increase protective measures and raise its alert level for possible outbreaks. On April 28, the Secretary of National Defense told the Ambassador the government viewed the situation [...]
2009-04-28 10:59:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO SENV KSCA AMGT RP
09MANILA941MGSF01: PHILIPPINE H1N1 UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Manila's Mission Pandemic Influenza Task Force met on April 30 to review preparedness tripwires and discuss necessary actions in response to the continuing global spread of H1N1 influenza cases. Although the Philippines still has no suspected or confirmed cases of H1N1 f [...]
2009-04-30 15:23:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09MANILA959MGSF01 AMBASSADOR CHAIRS H1N1 EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador convened Embassy Manila's Emergency Action Committee on May 4 to assess the worldwide H1N1 situation, the Philippine government response, and Post's current actions and next steps. The Philippines lifted the ban on U.S. pork imports thanks to a coordinated Mission eff [...]
2009-05-05 09:14:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KFLU AEMR CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09MASERU316FIRST H1N1 CASES CONFIRMED IN MASERU
[...] The Director of Lesotho's Disease Control Office of the Ministry of Health publicly confirmed five cases of H1N1 in Maseru during a televised interview on Lesotho TV on the evening of September 3, 2009. The five are all resident in urban Maseru and sought treatment at local health facilities. [...]
2009-09-04 10:56:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDAMED KFLU AMGT PGOV LT
09MERIDA133SPIKE IN H1N1 INFLUENZA CASES IN YUCATAN RAISES MILD
[...] (U) Summary: Confirmed cases of H1N1 in the State of Yucatan are increasing but the public remains largely unconcerned. Some local officials speculate that the rise in cases is due to respiratory problems caused by seasonal rains. Others argue that lax testing methods concealed the true [...]
2009-07-20 19:59:00Consulate MeridaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO KPAO
09MEXICO1185SITREP 4 - Swine Flu Outbreak in Mexico City
[...] (U) SUMMARY: --------------- The GOM announced that schools across Mexico will remain closed until May 6. Mission Mexico decided to suspend all non-essential public services at Embassy Mexico and the nine Consulates until May 6. The EACs decided on April 27 to defer all non-essential TDY [...]
2009-04-28 16:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CASC KFLU KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1235SITREP 10 - H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico
[...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- On the morning of May 3, Secretary of Health Cordova announced that the GOM had confirmed 506 cases of H1N1 and 19 fatalities. He stressed that Mexico had not ignored warnings from the World Health Organization (WHO) of a possible outbreak, but had responded in a [...]
2009-05-03 22:53:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CASC KFLU KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1236SITREP 11 - H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico
[...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- The Minister of Health announced May 4 that the number of new H1N1 cases has declined and that there have been no new deaths. However, as Mexico clears a backlog of older H1N1 samples, the total number of confirmed cases has risen to 727 and deaths to 26. Mexica [...]
2009-05-05 00:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CASC KFLU KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1237SITREP 12 - H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico
[...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- Mexico aimed for a return to normalcy on 5 May, with many re-openings scheduled for 6 May. The Secretary of Health put total confirmed H1N1 cases at 866 and confirmed deaths at 26. A chorus of indignation at discrimination against Mexicans abroad continued. The [...]
2009-05-06 01:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CASC KFLU KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1250SITREP 13 - H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico
[...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- The GOM announced that the number of confirmed H1N1 cases now stands at 1,112 including 42 fatalities. Most of the fatalities were registered in April as Mexico continues to clear a backlog of samples. Restaurants in Mexico City and throughout other parts of the c [...]
2009-05-07 02:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CASC KFLU KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1260H1N1 ECONOMIC RELIEF PACKAGE - BEST MEDICINE?
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to resuscitate an economy laid low by the flu, on May 5 the Mexican government unveiled a stimulus package totaling 18.8 billion pesos (USD 1.4 billion). As the hardest hit sectors, tourism and SMEs will be the main beneficiaries of the plan, although Mexico's pork [...]
2009-05-07 19:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD KFLU TBIO PINR PGOV PREL MX
09MEXICO1276H1N1 INFECTS MEXICAN POLITICS
[...] (SBU) Summary: While the Government of Mexico (GOM) generally got high marks for its response to the H1N1 flu outbreak, communication at times was lacking between federal and state health authorities, and in Mexico City the three main parties representing federal, state and local efforts ofte [...]
2009-05-11 13:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KFLU TBIO PINR PGOV PREL MX
09MEXICO1298MORE HELP FOR MEXICO'S SME'S HIT HARD BY H1N1
[...] This is the second in a series of cables reporting on the economic impact of the influenza outbreak in Mexico. 2. (SBU) Summary: In response to criticism of last week's economic rescue package (see reftel) for businesses hurt by the influenza outbreak was met with mixed reviews, with many b [...]
2009-05-12 19:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD KFLU TBIO PINR PGOV PREL MX
09MEXICO1322AIR TRANSPORT: FLU SPARES PASSENGERS, HITS FINANCES
[...] (U) This is the third in a series of cables reporting on the economic impact of the influenza outbreak in Mexico. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The transportation system in Mexico has withstood the H1N1 assault at its current intensity rather well. While fear of the influenza has subsided, the economi [...]
2009-05-13 20:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON KFLU MX
09MEXICO1490FLU AND TOURISM: WHEN WILL MEXICO REBOUND?
[...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of cables reporting on the economic impact of the influenza outbreak in Mexico. It incorporates reporting from across Mission Mexico. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The influenza epidemic struck a body blow to Mexico's number three income generator, tourism. Governme [...]
2009-05-30 00:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ETRD KFLU MX
09MONTERREY150MONTERREY EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE ON SWINE FLU: MGSF01
[...] On April 27 Consul General convened the Monterrey Emergency Action Committee to discuss post's response to the outbreak of swine flu. Representatives from MGT, PAS, CONS, POL/ECON, RSO, ACS, FCS, DEA, DHS/ICE, ATO, CLO and OPAD attended. 2. Currently there are currently ele [...]
2009-04-28 16:39:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09MONTERREY397MONTERREY TEC ANNOUNCES POTENTIALLY GROUNDBREAKING NEW
[...] (SBU) Summary. Four days before POTUS' October 23 declaration of a national emergency in the face of the growing influenza pandemic, researchers at Monterrey TEC's FEMSA Biotechnology Center announced the development of a new type of A/H1N1 influenza vaccine with the potential to solve curren [...]
2009-10-27 23:58:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAID SOCI TBIO TSPL MCAP MX
09MONTEVIDEO245TFFLU01: H1N1 UPDATE #2- GOU GEARING UP; NO
[...] Summary: As of May 5, Uruguay has no confirmed cases of the H1N1 influenza. The GOU expects test kits to diagnose H1N1 influenza to arrive shortly. Surveillance of incoming visitors at Carrasco International Airport has been extended to flights from the U.S., with special emphasis on indiv [...]
2009-05-05 19:09:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09MONTEVIDEO418H1N1 FLU: DEATH TOLL HITS 15
[...] As of July 15, Uruguay has 15 confirmed deaths from H1N1 influenza, with more than 1,500 cases suspected throughout the country. Despite an increase in numbers, public health officials continue to emphasize preventative measures, and only a few public activities have been suspended throughout [...]
2009-07-16 16:27:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU
09MONTEVIDEO445URUGUAY: GOU INTERVENTIONS RE H1N1
[...] (U) Through contacts with local health practitioners and the Uruguayan Ministry of Public Health, Post developed the following timeline of interventions pertaining to the H1N1 pendemic, as requested in reftel: -- First case: The first case of H1N1 in Uruguay was detected on May 23, 2009. Th [...]
2009-07-30 18:14:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO UY
09MOSCOW1181RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT INTEREST IN EXPANDING HEALTH POLICY
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a welcome development, Russian health officials are expressing much more interest in cooperating with the United States on a wide range of health issues, including infectious and chronic disease control and preventi [...]
2009-05-08 12:16:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PREL EAID SOCI KHIV TSPL KCRM PTER KFLU
09MOSCOW1889EMBASSY MOSCOW CONFIRMS TWO CASES OF H1N1 FLU, RUSSIA'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has confirmed two cases of H1N1 influenza within the Embassy community. Symptoms have been mild, and both patients are recovering well. Aside from these cases, Russian health authorities have publicly confirmed 12 cases of H1N1 throughout the country. However, this number [...]
2009-07-23 13:48:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU PREL SOCI CASC EAGR RS
09MUMBAI333MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT TAKES STEPS TO CONTROL SPREAD OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: After a series of deaths due to the H1N1 virus in Maharashtra, the state government has taken steps to control the spread of the disease, including temporarily closing schools, malls, and cinemas, as well as pulling anti-flu drugs off retail shelves. With the media fanning f [...]
2009-08-13 11:42:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09MUSCAT407H1N1 Update Oman
[...] (U) Summary: -- No incidence or suspected cases of H1N1 -- MOH Official confirmed active surveillance program -- H1N1 tests kits to arrive later this week [...]
2009-05-07 12:14:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALAMED AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KFLU MU
09MUSCAT643MGSF01: MUSCAT EAC H1N1 and July 4
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 17, 2009, the ChargC) convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss three confirmed cases of H1N1 Swine flu involving three students who recently returned from the United States after participating in the State Department funded Youth Exchange and Study Program [...]
2009-06-17 15:15:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALASEC KFLU AEMR CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09MUSCAT653TFFLU01: OMAN'S MINISTRY OF HEALTH ACES FIRST H1N1 TEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Five days after Oman's Ministry of Health confirmed three H1N1 cases among returning YES students, no additional cases have arisen. The students are reportedly in 'fine' condition, according to the Ministry. The MoH's reaction, beginning with the alert from AmidEast and the Em [...]
2009-06-22 13:21:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09MUSCAT855Oman H1N1: Five Dead, Confirmed Cases on the Rise
[...] (U) SUMMARY. After the initial appearance of H1N1 in June the virus has spread significantly. Five deaths due to H1N1 are confirmed, out of more than 717 confirmed cases. The GoO has been relatively proactive in attempting to stem the spread of the virus. Businesses are not yet affected but [...]
2009-08-24 07:16:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALAMED CASC KFLU KFLO PINR MU
09MUSCAT933Oman Confronts H1N1
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although Oman's H1N1 infection rate continues to rise, the Sultanate is responding proactively, and the infection rate is tracking with global trends. Some measures, such as the significant delay of the school year (in effect closing the school for an additional month),closely [...]
2009-09-30 13:05:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPGOV AMED AEMR TBIO KFLU MU
09MUSCAT963H1N1 UPDATE: COORDINATION AND VACCINATION IN OMAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Oman's reaction to the H1N1 threat reflects a fully transparent and an increasingly coherent policy which corresponds to WHO recommendations. The Ministry of Health has ordered a sufficient amount of vaccinations and has prioritized the appropriate groups for their receipt. Perha [...]
2009-10-14 12:09:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV AMED AEMR TBIO KFLU MU
09NAIROBI1257 Pandemic Influenza Task Force/EAC Reviews Pandemic
[...] (U) Summary. In light of June 11 decision by WHO to raise the global pandemic alert to Phase 6, Nairobi's Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Task Force/EAC, on June 16, reviewed its pandemic influenza tripwires and response. Given that the H1N1 strain is proving, thus far, to be less virulent th [...]
2009-06-23 11:10:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU ASEC AMGT CASC KE
09NASSAU274 GCOB ACTIVATING "STATE OF PREPAREDNESS" AGAINST SWINE FLU;
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GCOB discussed measures to contain and prevent the spread of Swine Flu (H1N1) at air and sea ports of entry (POEs). GCOB officials reported no confirmed cases of Swine Flu; however, the Ministry of Health (MoH) is currently at 24/7 operational capacity and is in a "state of p [...]
2009-04-28 21:21:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09NASSAU275 CORRECTED: GCOB ACTIVATING "STATE OF PREPAREDNESS" AGAINST
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GCOB discussed measures to contain and prevent the spread of Swine Flu (H1N1) at air and sea ports of entry (POEs). GCOB officials reported no confirmed cases of Swine Flu; however, the Ministry of Health (MoH) is currently at 24/7 operational capacity and is in a "state of p [...]
2009-04-29 14:07:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09NASSAU277 CORRECTED: GCOB ACTIVATING "STATE OF PREPAREDNESS" AGAINST
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GCOB discussed measures to contain and prevent the spread of Swine Flu (H1N1) at air and sea ports of entry (POEs). GCOB officials reported no confirmed cases of Swine Flu; however, the Ministry of Health (MoH) is currently at 24/7 operational capacity and is in a "state of p [...]
2009-04-29 15:20:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09NASSAU288 Nassau H1N1 SITREP Update 1: Potential Cases Emerge
[...] (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 quara [...]
2009-05-01 15:46:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09NASSAU356BAHAMAS CONFIRMS FIRST CASE OF H1N1
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 20:57:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09NEWDELHI1286INDIA - H1N1 FLU UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of 19 June, India has 44 confirmed H1N1 cases, including two infections caught within India. Mission expects this number to increase over the near future. The Government of India (GOI) takes H1N1 and the possibility of recombination in India very seriously and is trying to p [...]
2009-06-19 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09NEWDELHI1671INDIA - FIRST PANDEMIC H1N1 DEATHS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India experienced its first confirmed pandemic H1N1 influenza related death on 3 August, and has had a total of seven reported deaths over the past week. The number of positive cases rose to 959 as of 10 August. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOH) has announced new [...]
2009-08-11 08:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09NEWDELHI860MGSF01: H1N1 FLU - INDIA'S RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the close of business on April 29 in India, no cases of H1N1 infection in humans or livestock have been reported by the local press or government authorities. We expect India to achieve independent diagnostic capability within the next few days; CDC is providing technical as [...]
2009-04-30 06:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09NEWDELHI879MGSF01: H1N1 FLU - UPDATE ON INDIA, BHUTAN'S RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India still reports no cases of H1N1 in people or livestock, notwithstanding greatly exaggerated press reports of a case in Hyderabad. The Government of India (GOI) continues preparations to deal with any potential outbreaks. Airport screening has begun, though procedures are v [...]
2009-05-01 13:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09NICOSIA364CYPRUS: FIRST CONFIRMED H1N1 INFLUENZA CASE
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Cyprus regarding the H1N1 flu. FIRST CONFIRMED CASE 2. (SBU) On May 30, the Government of Cyprus (GOC) Ministry of Health confirmed that one patient had been diagnosed with the H1N1 flu virus. The patient, a 39-year old female Cyp [...]
2009-06-04 07:47:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09OSAKAKOBE93H1N1 Kansai Economic Bell Begins to Toll
[...] (SBU) Summary: As the spread of H1N1 and official countermeasures to the flu outbreak in Kansai continue to evolve, it is too early to calculate the full impact of the H1N1 flu virus on the Kansai economy, but as local governments and business organizations struggle to sweep away the percepti [...]
2009-05-27 03:22:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KFLU SOCI TBIO PINR JA
09OSLO469H1N1 UPDATE: NORWAY PREPRES FOR WAVE OF PANDEMIC
[...] (U) Sumary: H1N1 cases in Norway have increased to 342confirmed cases as of the end of July, and the infction rate appears to be accelerating, driven largely by the return of Norwegians from summer holidays abroad. Norwegian health officials recently announced plans to deal with the pandemic, [...]
2009-07-30 12:07:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI ASC EAGR NO
09OSLO588 NORWAY'S PLANS TO CONTRIBUTE H1N1 VACCINE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Norwegian authorities are eager to cooperate in channeling donated H1N1 vaccine to developing countries, though they have not yet hammered out the details for how they will deliver their in-kind contribution. The GON would welcome additional information on the U.S. approach to [...]
2009-09-23 14:54:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KFLU WHO NO
09OSLO612 Oslo's Pandemic Influenza Action Committee (PIAC) and EAC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post convened a Pandemic Influenza Action Committee (PIAC) October 1 to review post's EAP and tripwires related to pandemic influenza. The PIAC developed recommendations for the EAC regarding appropriate preparedness measures specific to this post. Post's EAC, chaired by the Ch [...]
2009-10-06 15:14:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMED TBIO KFLU KFLO CASC NO
09OSLO735OSLO EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING AND
[...] (U) Summary: The DCM chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC)on November 25. Reported in the EAC were the results of a meeting of post,s Pandemic Influenza Action Committee (PIAC) which also occurred on November 25. Ambassador White participated in the EAC. Others included: [...]
2009-11-27 13:18:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NO OVIP PINR PREL PTER AMED TBIO KFLU
09PARIS1175H1N1 rises sharply in French Pacific Ocean Territories
[...] (SBU) New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Wallis and Futuna have been hit hard by H1N1 in recent weeks, making up the bulk of all French H1N1 related deaths and infections. The two deaths last week in New Caledonia spark concern as neither victim had any known pre-existing medical conditions [...]
2009-08-27 15:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO CASC FR XV
09PARIS589Swine Flu: French Say currently no/no positive cases in
[...] (SBU) Contacts at the French Ministry of Health (MOH) informed the Embassy that there are currently no positive cases of H1NI confirmed in France. There are a few ongoing suspicions, however, which will be discussed today in detail through the Global Health Security Action Group (GHSAG) channel [...]
2009-04-27 15:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KFLU CASC TBIO FR
09PHNOMPENH272MGSF01: CAMBODIAN RESPONSE TO GLOBAL H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. There has not yet been any evidence suggesting cases of H1N1 in Cambodia. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) issued a statement April 27 outlining its activities since the outbreak in Mexico began, including increased animal and human health surveillance and inventories of [...]
2009-04-29 11:32:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09PHNOMPENH421CAMBODIA H1N1 UPDATE - FIRST 5 CASES DETECTED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As of June 25, the Cambodian Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported five cases of laboratory-confirmed novel influenza A (nH1N1) in humans, representing the first identified nH1N1 infections in Cambodia. Four of the five cases occurred among a 40-member church mission delegation [...]
2009-06-26 10:06:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09PHNOMPENH490CAMBODIA H1N1 UPDATE #3: 9 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. There are currently a total of nine cases of laboratory-confirmed novel influenza A (H1N1) in Cambodia. Post's U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) office is waiting for laboratory results on a potential tenth case from Institut Pasteur in Cambodia (IPC). All [...]
2009-07-15 02:50:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09PODGORICA111MGSF01: PODGORICA EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] (U) On 29 April 2009, Post's Emergency Action Committee convened to review Post's Pandemic Influenza tripwires (RefTel) and developments related to the spread of the H1N1 flu virus. The DCM chaired the EAC; RSO, POL/ECON, POL/MIL, CONS, PAO, DAO, and Belgrade RMO (via teleconference) attended. [...]
2009-04-29 16:00:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09PODGORICA152FIRST CASE OF H1N1 INFLUENZA IN MONTENEGRO
[...] (U) The Montenegrin Ministry of Health held a press conference on June 22 to confirm its first case of H1N1 influenza. The case involves a high school student who studied in New York for a year before returning to Montenegro. He is reportedly being treated with Tamiflu and is in stable condit [...]
2009-06-23 13:27:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CASC KFLU AEMR PINR MW
09PORTLOUIS128SWINE FLU: MAURITIUS CONVENES "CRISIS COMMITTEE" TO PLAN
[...] (U) On April 27 the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life convened a meeting of the "Crisis Committee which has been set up this morning" (according to the notice faxed to the Embassy) to plan ahead for the eventuality of swine flu affecting the island nation. Health Minister Rajeshwar Jeetah [...]
2009-04-27 13:29:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED PGOV KFLU MP
09PORTLOUIS255H1N1 CATCHES HOLD IN MAURITIUS
[...] SUMMARY. Since the first confirmed case H1N1 flu in June, the Government of Mauritius (GOM) has confirmed five deaths and 44 laboratory-confirmed cases, and expects the number to grow in coming months. While the GOM urges the public not to panic, hospitals are reporting difficulty coping wit [...]
2009-08-20 13:14:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU KFLO KPAO KSAF AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC TBIO MP
09PORTMORESBY225PAPUA NEW GUINEA DISASTER UPDATE -- DISEASE OUTBREAKS
[...] Summary: The Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) declared a State Of Emergency in September to address outbreaks of cholera, dysentery and A(H3) seasonal human influenza in Morobe Province. According to the World Health Organization's (WHO) latest Situation Report, the number of new cases re [...]
2009-11-12 06:02:00Embassy Port MoresbyUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU AMED ECON PREL SOCI CASC PP
09PORTOFSPAIN198NO CONFIRMED H1N1 CASES IN TRINIDAD, PORT SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in T&T. Seven individuals returning from Mexico were quarantined, of which six tested negative for Type A Influenza and were released and one is still under observation. No facility in T&T currently has the capacity to test for th [...]
2009-05-01 21:31:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAID SOCI TBIO XL TD
09PORTOFSPAIN251TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO CONFIRMS FIRST H1N1 CASE
[...] (U) GOTT Minister of Health Jerry Narace announced Trinidad and Tobago's first confirmed H1N1 case on June 5. The patient was described as an adult female national of Trinidad and Tobago. Her history of recent travel to several countries affected by the virus makes it impossible to pinpoint w [...]
2009-06-05 23:30:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAID SOCI TBIO XL TD
09PRAGUE604CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-14 11:11:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AORC PREL
09PRAGUE642H1N1 PREPAREDNESS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
[...] (U) Summary: Although cases of H1N1 in the Czech Republic (CR) have generally been few and mild, the Czech government is taking a number of steps to prepare for a potential pandemic. Steps include anti-viral stockpiles, vaccine purchases, a PR campaign about preventing infection, and updating [...]
2009-10-30 09:10:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU KSTH PREL SENV CDC HHS EZ WHO NIH
09PRISTINA176KOSOVO: H1NI INFLUENZA RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, there are no reports of confirmed cases of H1NI influenza in Kosovo to date. The Government of Kosovo has implemented a public awareness campaign, and several GOK institutions have already disseminated World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on the precautions [...]
2009-04-30 14:16:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDAMED ASEC CASC YI KV KFLU
09PRISTINA331KOSOVO: TWO H1N1 CASES CONFIRMED
[...] (SBU) In the past week, Kosovo's National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) has confirmed the country's first two cases of the H1N1 virus. From six samples sent to WHO laboratories for further testing, the first case, a nine-year old resident of the U.K., was confirmed on July 28. The child a [...]
2009-08-06 15:59:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT CASC ECON PINR PREL KFLU YI KV
09PRISTINA487KOSOVO: H1N1 PREP UNDERWAY AS VIRUS STRIKES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first suspected cases of H1N1 influenza have appeared in Kosovo, according to the Director of Kosovo's National Institute of Public Health (NIPH). At the same time, NIPH and other elements of Kosovo's public health infrastructure continues preparations to deal with a possibl [...]
2009-11-09 13:50:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV TBIO KFLU KV
09PRISTINA511KOSOVO: FIRST H1N1 DEATH CONFIRMED
[...] (SBU) On November 15 Kosovo authorities reported the first death attributable to the H1N1 influenza virus -- also known as swine flu. The patient was a 31-year old man from Gllogovc/Glogovac, approximately 30 km from Pristina. He was hospitalized in critical condition on November 12 and treat [...]
2009-11-19 05:43:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV TBIO KFLU KV
09QUITO307ECUADOR'S INITIAL RESPONSE TO H1N1 FLU
[...] (SBU) In response to global outbreaks of H1N1 influenza, the GOE has declared a national "State of Exception." The GOE response is continuing to take shape, but as of today, it has implemented the following measures: --The GOE banned imports of pork and pork products from the United States [...]
2009-04-30 22:50:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC
09QUITO597FOUR AH1N1 DEATHS REPORTED IN ECUADOR
[...] (SBU) The GOE Ministry of Health (MOH) reported that four Ecuadorian citizens have died from AH1N1 influenza in the past week. The cases occurred in Chimborazo, Azuay, Tungurahua, and Pichincha provinces of Ecuador. Two of the cases involved patients who received treatment in rural private c [...]
2009-07-16 13:36:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC
09QUITO655GOE INTERVENTIONS RE H1N1
[...] (SBU) As of July 29, the GOE reports 17 fatalities from AH1N1 flu in Ecuador, with a total of 534 confirmed cases. However, as many influenza cases go unreported, the real number of AH1N1 cases is probably much higher. 2. (SBU) On July 23, in a widely broadcast interview with the popular [...]
2009-07-29 21:54:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC
09QUITO740ECUADOR H1N1 UPDATE: GOE WARNS FOREIGN MISSIONS OF POSSIBLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The H1N1 influenza virus continues its gradual expansion in Ecuador, with Ecuadoran press reporting August 14 that several GoE employees close to President Correa have recently become infected. These include one of Correa's closest Ministers and the chief of his security detail. [...]
2009-08-18 14:48:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC
09RABAT391TFFLU01: MOROCCAN INFLUENZA PREPARATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco has reinforced its influenza surveillance and response measures as H1N1 influenza cases draw nearer to the Kingdom. The Government of Morocco (GOM) has instituted surveillance of arriving travelers and is purchasing more anti-viral medication to add to its current sto [...]
2009-05-08 06:56:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMED CASC TBIO PINR AMGT TF KFLU KFLO
09RANGOON238BURMA: GOB RESPONDS TO SWINE FLU; NO OUTBREAK IN
[...] (SBU) The Burmese Government has informed us, and WHO agrees, that, contrary to a BBC Burma Service radio report, there are no cases of swine flu in either humans or animals in Burma. The GOB continues to coordinate among various Ministries and plans to produce a swine flu action plan short [...]
2009-04-27 07:47:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
09RANGOON241MGSF01: BURMA HEALTH MINISTRY TO MONITOR
[...] (SBU) The Burmese Ministry of Health (MOH) announced it will begin monitoring the temperature of all incoming and outbound passengers at international airports. The MOH has yet to determine whether or how it will quarantine sick passengers. The GOB designated Wei Bagi Hospital in Rangoon f [...]
2009-04-28 07:02:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KPAO PREL PINR
09RANGOON246MGSF01: STILL NO CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1 IN BURMA;
[...] (SBU) The World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) confirmed that the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries' reference laboratories lack the capacity to diagnose A/H1N1. In the meantime, any suspected samples will be sent to refe [...]
2009-04-30 01:50:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KPAO PREL PINR
09RANGOON247MGSF01: EMBASSY RANGOON EAC DISCUSSES SWINE FLU
[...] (SBU) CDA chaired Embassy Rangoon's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) April 30 to review Post's contingency plans, as well as the Government of Burma's (GOB) pandemic preparedness activities. The EAC confirmed that Post has adequate supplies of personal protective equipment and enough tamiflu [...]
2009-04-30 04:39:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KPAO PREL PINR
09RANGOON253TFFLU01: BURMA HEALTH MINISTRY DETAILS A/H1N1
[...] (SBU) During a May 4 meeting with the diplomatic corps, the Burmese Ministry of Health (MOH) detailed its A/H1N1 action plan, including surveillance and quarantine procedures. Since April 28, MOH officials have screened incoming travelers at all ports of entry, including two international a [...]
2009-05-05 06:39:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO EAID KPAO PREL
09RANGOON265TFFLU01: H1N1 THERMAL IMAGING - RANGOON, BURMA
[...] The following are answers to questions posed in Ref A: -- The Ministry of Health (MOH) has one old thermal scanner at the Rangoon International Airport. According to WHO Country Representative Adik Wibowo, the thermal scanner is made by Singapore Technology Electronic Company and has two [...]
2009-05-11 07:15:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO EAID KPAO PREL
09RANGOON370BURMA: MINISTRY OF HEALTH PREPARES FOR A/H1N1
[...] (SBU) During a June 16 meeting with the diplomatic corps, the Burmese Ministry of Health (MOH)reviewed its A/H1N1 action plan, detailing surveillance procedures. MOH asserts there are still no confirmed cases of A/H1N1 in Burma. Since April 28, MOH officials have screened more than 1.3 mil [...]
2009-06-18 00:24:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO EAID KPAO PREL
09RANGOON402BURMA: MINISTRY OF HEALTH CONFIRMS FIRST A/H1N1
[...] (C) On June 28, the Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed in the local press Burma's first case of A/H1N1 -- a 13-year old Burmese girl who recently returned from Singapore. The girl, who was diagnosed on June 27, continues to receive tamiflu treatment at Yangon General Hospital. MOH has place [...]
2009-06-29 07:19:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO EAID KPAO PREL
09RANGOON408BURMA: NO NEW A/H1N1 CASES; MOH ISSUES NEW TESTING
[...] (C) Ministry of Health (MOH) officials continue to aver that there are no confirmed cases of A/H1N1 in Burma other than the one announced last week, and they are denouncing rumors a patient in Lashio died from A/H1N1. MOH refuses to discuss the status of the eight patients who allegedly have [...]
2009-07-02 04:57:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO EAID KPAO PREL
09RANGOON429BURMA: MINISTRY OF HEALTH CONFIRMS SECOND A/H1N1
[...] (C) The Ministry of Health (MOH) on July 9 confirmed Burma's second A/H1N1 case -- a 20-year old Burmese man who recently returned from Bangkok. The man, who was diagnosed on July 9, is receiving tamiflu treatment at Wei Bagi Infectious Disease Hospital in Rangoon. The MOH is conducting su [...]
2009-07-10 03:37:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO EAID KPAO PREL
09RANGOON487BURMA'S A/H1N1 CASES RISE TO TEN
[...] (SBU) Burmese health authorities reportedly this week confirmed another case of A/H1N1 -- a 57-year-old man returning on a flight from Singapore -- bringing the number of known cases in Burma to ten. Authorities are monitoring other passengers and airport staff from the July 20 Silk Air flig [...]
2009-07-31 09:48:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
09RANGOON499BURMA'S H1N1 CASES RISE TO FIFTEEN
[...] (U) Burmese health officials confirmed August 6 they have diagnosed a total of 15 A/H1N1 cases in Burma. The latest case is a three-year-old child with a relative who had been diagnosed with A/H1N1 upon returning from Singapore August 1. Health authorities are monitoring all passengers tha [...]
2009-08-07 09:28:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
09RANGOON549HEALTH AUTHORITIES MAINTAIN AH1N1 CONTAINMENT
[...] (C) Burmese health authorities continue to rely on a containment strategy to handle the A/H1N1 pandemic. While WHO's worldwide guidance recommends a focus on mitigation, a Burma-based WHO epidemiologist said Burma's containment policy is not medically contraindicated and stems from fear of [...]
2009-08-21 09:36:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
09REYKJAVIK170 ICELAND'S PLANS TO COMBAT H1N1 VIRUS THIS WINTER
[...] (U) Summary: The strain of the H1N1 influenza virus present in Iceland has been milder than that experienced in other countries, and only one person has been hospitalized with the illness earlier this year. Occurrences of H1N1 in Iceland have been on the decline recently. However, Iceland's C [...]
2009-09-28 17:07:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AMED PREL TBIO IC
09REYKJAVIK201 ICELAND CURRENTLY UNABLE TO ASSIST WHO WITH H1N1 SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered request contained in reftel to Sveinn Magnusson, Chief Medical Advisor at the Ministry of Health on November 3. Mr. Magnusson told Econoff that Iceland, as elsewhere, has been slow to receive the quantity of H1N1 vaccines ordered. Currently, the vaccine is available onl [...]
2009-11-12 15:03:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KFLU WHO IC
09REYKJAVIK97 FIRST CASE OF H1N1 INFLUENZA CONFIRMED IN ICELAND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 13:34:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AMED PREL TBIO IC
09RIGA350 FIRST CASE OF H1N1 INFLUENZA IN LATVIA
[...] Latvia confirmed its first case of H1N1 influenza on June 23. The woman, who came to Riga from Berlin on June 21, proved to be flu positive. She had earlier visited the United States and Canada. The woman was taken to hospital immediately after her arrival. This is the first confirmed case of [...]
2009-06-25 11:24:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT LG
09RIGA377MORE H1N1 FLU CASES IN LATVIA
[...] SUMMARY: The Latvian health authorities have confirmed five new cases of H1N1 in Latvia between July 11 and July 14, bringing the total to six. They report that the actual number might be higher because people with mild cases of H1N1 might be undiagnosed and simply recovering at home. To date [...]
2009-07-17 14:58:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AMGT CASC KFLU PREL LG
09RIYADH1023SAUDI H1N1 UPDATE: SIX DEATHS, VACCINES ORDERED,
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported six deaths and a total of 595 H1N1 cases to date. The six H1N1 victims range in age from 15 to 32 years, and span the country, including the Eastern, Qassim, Asir, and Riyadh provinces. Many of the victims reportedly suffered from chronic illnes [...]
2009-08-05 13:46:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC BEXP SA
09RIYADH1045HEALTH MINISTER REQUESTS HHS MOU BY OCTOBER
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) In a meeting with A/DCM and a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) training delegation on August 11, Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah said his Ministry ideally would like to conclude a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for cooper [...]
2009-08-12 14:11:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC SA
09RIYADH1049SAUDI H1N1 UPDATE: IRAN CANCELS RAMADAN FLIGHTS, 9
[...] (SBU) Iran cancelled all flights to Saudi Arabia during Ramadan on August 10 reportedly to minimize the spread of H1N1. The Chairman of the National Hajj Committee Saad al-Qarashi said the Iranian decision would minimally impact Ramadan Umrah season, as Iranians usually come for Umrah during [...]
2009-08-12 14:55:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH1082SAUQ H1N1 UPDATE: SAG PROVIDES TREATMENT FOR
[...] (SBU) The Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) announced August 17 that hospitals have treated 2,000 persons in the Kingdom for H1N1. Although 14 people have died from H1N1 complications, 95 percent of those infected reportedly have recovered fully. 2. (SBU) King Abdullah issued an order August [...]
2009-08-21 13:45:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC SA
09RIYADH1213 Saudi H1N1 mitigation efforts continue for Hajj and
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Saudi Government continues to actively monitor cases of H1N1 and has started a nationwide awareness campaign to reduce the threat of transmission. The number of infections and deaths has remained steady. The Saudi Government is working with foreign governments on measures [...]
2009-09-15 12:15:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC SA
09RIYADH1349PANDEMIC INFLUENZA ACTION COMMITTEE PLANNING MEETING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Riyadh's Pandemic Influenza Action Committee held its inaugural meeting on October 5 to discuss planning and preparedness in the event that either the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, or another influenza strain, undergoes genetic changes that increase its severity, resulting in a sever [...]
2009-10-12 04:30:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO KPAO
09RIYADH1510SAUDI GOVERNMENT BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY ON
[...] (SBU) Officials from the Saudi Ministries of Health (MOH) and Foreign Affairs (MFA) briefed members of the diplomatic community in Riyadh on their H1N1 preparedness on November 4. The SAG highlighted the important role that international collaboration, particularly with the Centers for Disease [...]
2009-11-14 06:19:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC BEXP SA
09RIYADH761H1N1: SAUDI HEALTH MINISTRY ACTS EXPEDITIOUSLY IN FIRST
[...] (SBU) Key Points and Action Request: -- The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed two cases of H1N1, both involving persons who contracted the disease abroad. -- MOH will adhere to WHO guidelines and has imposed neither travel nor import restrictions. -- MOH is gearing up for the Hajj/U [...]
2009-06-09 08:16:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH800SAUDI ARABIA H1N1 UPDATE
[...] (SBU) On June 14, the Ministry of Health (MOH) spokesman Dr. Khalid Al-Mirghalani confirmed a total of 14 cases of H1N1 since June 3, and new cases are being reported steadily. The Ministry identified infected persons via thermal screening at airports in Jeddah, Dammam, Medina, and Riyadh, an [...]
2009-06-16 14:06:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH837SAUDI ARABIA H1N1 UPDATE: 48 CASES, NO TRAVEL
[...] (SBU) On June 23, the Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed 45 cases of H1N1 in Saudi Arabia since June 3, and on June 25 the Arab News reported three additional cases. The Ministry has reported no fatalities to date, and 17 of the H1N1 patients have been released from the hospital. Several pat [...]
2009-06-25 06:09:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH871SAUDI H1N1 UPDATE: 81 CASES, CDC VISITORS ADVISE
[...] (SBU) On June 30, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that the number of confirmed cases of H1N1 in Saudi Arabia since June 3 has risen to 81. There have been no known H1N1 fatalities to date in the country, and 39 H1N1 patients had been released from hospitals as of June 24. Several patie [...]
2009-07-01 14:23:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH901SAUDI H1N1 UPDATE: HEALTH MINISTER DISCUSSES HAJJ
[...] (SBU) Charge d'Affaires Ambassador Erdman met with Health Minister Dr. Abdullah al-Rabeeah on July 8 to discuss Saudi healthcare issues including H1N1 preparation for the upcoming Hajj. Rabeeah noted that the Ministry's plan follows the 15 recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and [...]
2009-07-08 15:06:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH929SAUDI MINISTER OF HEALTH ON H1N1, OTHER HEALTH
[...] (SBU) Saudi Minister of Health Abdullah Rabeeah briefed Charge July 8 on his Ministry's priorities, including preparations for the upcoming Hajj pilgrimage season. Rabeeah requested Embassy assistance delivering a letter to the Centers for Disease Control regarding the distribution of H1N1 tes [...]
2009-07-15 16:08:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC BEXP SA
09RIYADH933H1N1 UPDATE: 232 CASES, OUTBREAKS IN INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced July 14 that the number of confirmed cases of H1N1 in Saudi Arabia since June 3 has risen to 232. There have been no known H1N1 fatalities to date and 90 percent of those infected reportedly have recovered fully. The Ministry of Education, at the [...]
2009-07-18 04:39:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH959SAUDI H1N1 UPDATE: UMRAH RETURNEE DIES IN EGYPT,
[...] (SBU) The number of H1N1 cases in the Kingdom has risen to 294, and the first fatality was reported on July 19. An Umrah pilgrim with a pre-existing heart ailment died of H1N1 reportedly after becoming ill while on Umrah pilgrimage in the Kingdom. The patient, a 25 year old Egyptian woman, r [...]
2009-07-22 15:07:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC BEXP SA
09RIYADH979SAUDI H1N1 UPDATE: FIRST DEATH, ARAB HEALTH
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health reported Saudi Arabia's first H1N1 death July 27. Saleh Al-Shehri, a 30 year old Saudi man, died in Dammam reportedly after contracting H1N1 from an infected individual he had been visiting frequently. Al-Shehri's family accused the private hospital of negligence [...]
2009-07-29 13:44:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC BEXP SA
09ROME1004 ITALY H1N1 UPDATE: 1800 CONFIRMED CASES, NO DEATHS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed A(H1N1) infections in Italy reached the total of 1800 as of August 26. So far, only a few hospital admissions and no deaths are reported. However, a 24-year-old man is currently in an intensive care unit; his case strengthened calls for a nation-wide de [...]
2009-09-01 08:15:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR IT
09ROME1093ITALY SEEKS USG PARTNERS FOR BIOCONTAINMENT FACILITIES;
[...] (SBU) Summary. The director of Italy's National Infectious Disease Institute told EUR/PGI Director Marc Ostfield on September 11 that he is interested in potential USG partners to collaborate with a new containment facility in Rome for the treatment and management of patients with highly infec [...]
2009-09-24 10:20:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON KCOR KTFN PTER IT
09ROME1109ITALY CONFIRMS COMMITMENT TO EXPANDING FIGHT AGAINST GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. A senior Italian official in the Labor, Health and Social Policies Ministry confirmed Italy's political commitment to participate in the U.S.-initiated effort to help other countries combat the global H1N1 influenza pandemic. The Italian Government (GOI) is still working out t [...]
2009-09-28 15:31:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL WHO IT
09SANAA1850SITREP: YEMEN'S H1N1 PANDEMIC AND PANIC
[...] (U) Summary. Yemen has 266 confirmed H1N1 influenza cases, and the number is increasing across the country. Since the end of August, most of the H1N1 cases in Yemen have come from local transmission. The 266 infected people have been treated with Tamiflu and either sent home or hospitalized [...]
2009-10-07 10:57:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SANAA2002SITREP: H1N1 PANDEMIC HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
[...] (U) Summary. Yemen has 415 confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza, and health officials suspect an additional 800 cases. The ROYG has a 50,000 supply of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to prevent the spread of the virus and 100,000 doses of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) to treat H1N1 patients, but h [...]
2009-11-03 12:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SANAA875SITUATION REPORT: YEMEN'S H1N1 PANDEMIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although H1N1 influenza (informally known as swine flu) has not yet arrived in Yemen, the ROYG has mobilized resources in preparation for its arrival. The Ministry of Health has set up a 24-hour operations room and distributed Tamiflu to cities throughout Yemen. A quarantine [...]
2009-05-06 11:23:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SANSALVADOR391MGSF01: EAC MEETING: H1N1 FLU UPDATE
[...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) held a follow-up meeting on April 29, 2009 to review the Mission's preparedness as the USG had upgraded the level health emergency for H1N1 Flu. (Note: per reftel, EAC had an initial meeting on this same subject on 4/26. End note.) Charge Blau chaired t [...]
2009-04-30 21:52:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR ASEC CASC
09SANSALVADOR423TFFLU01 EL SALVADOR H1N1 UPDATE
[...] The Government of El Salvador (GOES) has extended its emergency decree in response to the H1N1 Influenza Outbreak to May 18. The country reports four confirmed cases, two probable cases and five suspected cases. 2. USAID and SOUTHCOM coordinated the delivery of 5,100 Personal Protective [...]
2009-05-13 22:50:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU EAID ES
09SANTIAGO402 CHILE'S SWINE FLU RESPONSE -- AIRPORT SCREENING AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: No human cases of swine flu have been reported in Chile. The Chilean government on April 24 began scanning passengers arriving from Mexico and the U.S. at Santiago's International Airport, for fevers using non-invasive fever detectors. Consul General observed the screening pro [...]
2009-04-28 20:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AMED CASC TBIO KFLU KSAF KSEAO KPAO KSTH ECON
09SANTIAGO411 CHILE'S HEALTH MINISTRY -- NO CASES OF SWINE FLU; REQUESTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vice Minister of Health Jeanette Vega confirmed to Emboffs there are no cases of swine flu in Chile. During the meeting, USDA Attache encouraged Chile not to restrict U.S. pork imports; Health Ministry officials responded they have no intention to limit entry of such products [...]
2009-04-30 11:58:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AMED CASC TBIO KFLU KSAF KSEAO KPAO KSTH ECON
09SANTIAGO470 TFFLU01: CHILE CONFIRMS FOUR H1N1 CASES; GOC MAINTAIN
[...] According to Chilean press reports and the Ministry of Health's website (www.minsal.cl),as of May 18, Chile has four confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza. THREE CASES ON SAME VACATION TOUR, FLIGHT ----------------------------------------- 2. Three of the cases are women who arrived in San [...]
2009-05-18 20:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED CASC TBIO KFLU KSAF KSEAO KPAO KSTH ECON
09SANTIAGO487 TFFLU01: CHILE HAS 29 CONFIRMED H1N1 CASES; THE MOST IN
[...] According to the Ministry of Health's website (www.minsal.cl),as of May 21, Chile has twenty-nine confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza. There have been no H1N1-related deaths. Many of the cases are school children with mild symptoms, who are being treated at home. 29 CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1 [...]
2009-05-22 16:11:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED CASC TBIO KFLU KSAF KSEAO KPAO KSTH ECON
09SANTIAGO499 CHILE HAS 168 CONFIRMED H1N1 CASES; ALL BUT ONE IS MILD
[...] According to the Ministry of Health's website (www.minsal.cl),as of May 27, Chile has 168 cases of H1N1 influenza. There have been no H1N1-related deaths. Although H1N1 has spread outside the metropolitan Santiago region, many of the cases are mild. 168 CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1; ONLY ONE I [...]
2009-05-28 18:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED CASC TBIO KFLU KSAF KSEAO KPAO KSTH ECON
09SEOUL1254SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - JUNE-JULY 2009
[...] In conjunction with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's summit with President Obama in Washington DC in mid-June, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Korean Minister of Knowledge Economy (MKE) Lee Yoon-ho signed a Statement of Intent on June 16 to begin cooperation on research and development in [...]
2009-08-10 03:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ELTN ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL1469SEOUL ESTH UPDATE -AUGUST 2009
[...] On August 4, Korea proposed three options to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, saying it will determine the final implementation plan by the end of this year. The Presidential Committee on Green Growth (PCGG) unveiled three scenarios that seek to reduce emissions from 21 to 30 percent [...]
2009-09-15 01:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ELTN ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL1595SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 2009
[...] Korea's top businesses want the government to select the least restrictive option for its greenhouse gas emissions reduction when it decides a mid-term (2020) target later this year, according to a survey released on September 9 by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry. About two-thirds [...]
2009-10-08 00:56:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EIND ENRG TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL1773SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - OCTOBER 2009
[...] (SBU) Korea is the ninth largest emitter of carbon dioxide gas in the world, the government said on October 19, quoting a report using 2007 data by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The country ranked as the tenth largest CO2 emitter in an earlier report using 2005 emissions data. Korea [...]
2009-11-06 03:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EIND ENRG TBIO OEXC TRGY TSPA KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL729MGSF01: PUBLIC OUTREACH AND SURVEILLANCE RESULT IN
[...] Summary: South Korea has confirmed three cases of H1N1 influenza during the recent outbreaks. The first case was a nun who had recently returned from a visit to Mexico. The second case was a nun at the same convent who had close contact with the first. The third case was a woman who was o [...]
2009-05-08 07:25:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SEOUL831CLUSTER OF INFECTED AMCITS RAISES KOREA'S H1N1 TALLY TO 23,
[...] Summary: On May 23, Korea confirmed the first H1N1 diagnosis of an Amcit in Korea; by May 26, the number of infected Amcits in Korea had risen to 16 (of a total of 23 positive diagnoses in Korea). Thirteen Amcit English teachers of 65 recently recruited from the United States and Canada were d [...]
2009-05-26 21:50:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDCASC TBIO KFLU KS
09SEOUL951SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - MAY 2009
[...] The third biennial summit of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, held in Seoul from May 18-21, reviewed progress that cities have made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and assessed future challenges. At the summit, mayors and officials from the world's 40 biggest cities plus 17 affil [...]
2009-06-16 06:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KFLU KS
09SHANGHAI259SHANGHAI FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICE HOLDS "UNPRECEDENTED"
[...] (SBU) The Shanghai Municipal Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) convoked Consular Corps representatives on June 9 for an "unprecedented" meeting on improving Shanghai's service environment for foreigners. With the Shanghai 2010 World Expo approaching, relevant municipal government authorities must a [...]
2009-06-12 03:42:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CASC PGOV ECON TBIO KFLU ASEC AMGT CVIS
09SINGAPORE401 SINGAPORE: SWINE FLU CONTAINMENT MEASURES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There have been no cases of swine influenza detected in Singapore, but the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) are taking preventive measures against the spread of the disease. CAAS has installed thermal scanners for arriving passengers at [...]
2009-04-27 10:31:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ECON SN
09SINGAPORE420 SINGAPORE: NO H1N1 CASES; NEW VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are no confirmed cases of H1N1 type A influenza in Singapore, but the Ministry of Health (MOH) raised its alert level on May 1 from yellow to orange, indicating a potentially greater risk of human-to-human transmission but without declaring a pandemic. The GOS has institu [...]
2009-05-06 01:16:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ECON SN
09SINGAPORE445 SINGAPORE: NO H1N1 CASES; NO MORE VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are no confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza in Singapore and the Ministry of Health (MOH) lowered its alert level from orange to yellow on May 11. The GOS lifted its visa requirement for Mexican citizens on May 12, but seven-day quarantine requirements for people with recent [...]
2009-05-13 10:05:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ECON SN
09SINGAPORE467 SINGAPORE: NO H1N1 CASES; HOME QUARANTINE REQUIREMENTS
[...] (U) There are still no reported cases of H1N1 Type A Influenza in Singapore. As of 1700 on May 17, the Ministry of Health (MOH) reported that 37 suspected cases have been investigated and, of those, 30 cases tested negative for Influenza A, while seven cases tested positive for typical seasona [...]
2009-05-18 07:58:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE495 SINGAPORE: FIRST H1N1 CASE CONFIRMED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Singapore confirmed its first case of H1N1 Influenza in a 22-year-old woman who returned from a visit to New York on May 26. The Ministry of Health continues to investigate other suspect cases and has instituted Home Quarantine Orders for people found to have had close contact w [...]
2009-05-27 10:50:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE518 SINGAPORE: SEVEN H1N1 CASES CONFIRMED, AMCIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore has seven confirmed cases of H1N1 Influenza as of June 1. Three of the early cases, including an active member of the U.S. military, recovered and have been released from the hospital. Six of the seven cases were contracted during travel to the United States. MFA h [...]
2009-06-03 01:16:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAIR CASC ECON SN
09SINGAPORE581SINGAPORE: 77 H1N1 CASES -- COMMUNITY SPREAD STARTING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of June 18, there have been 77 cases of H1N1 influenza confirmed in Singapore. Almost all were "imported" cases involving people with recent travel to affected countries. However, a Malaysian permanent resident may be the first case of H1N1 influenza contracted by community [...]
2009-06-19 09:48:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR CASC ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE603SINGAPORE: 220 H1N1 CASES; SLOW MOVE TO MITIGATION STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Singapore health officials have confirmed 220 cases of H1N1 influenza as of June 24, including numerous cases of local transmission. With community spread of the virus confirmed, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced June 22 that Singapore would begin the transition from a con [...]
2009-06-25 10:25:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR CASC ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE624SINGAPORE: 701 H1N1 CASES; QUARANTINE MEASURES EASE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 cases in Singapore has risen rapidly to more than 700, spurring the GOS to continue its move away from strict containment measures toward mitigating the effects of local transmission of the virus. However, during this transition phase there are mixed [...]
2009-07-01 07:51:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR CASC ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE676 SINGAPORE ENDS H1N1 TEMPERATURE SCREENING AT BORDER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: There have been at least 1,200 cases of H1N1 influenza reported in Singapore. The GOS ceased temperature screening at border checkpoints on July 11 and has stopped reporting individual confirmed cases of H1N1. Instead, the Ministry of Health will only report hospitalized cases, [...]
2009-07-15 06:25:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR CASC ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE730 SINGAPORE: SIX DEATHS AND H1N1 CASES PASS EPIDEMIC LEVEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Six people have died as a result of H1N1 influenza infection, although each was complicated by preexisting health conditions or obesity. The Ministry of Health (MOH) reported that the number of respiratory infections believed to be H1N1 has surpassed epidemic levels and MOH has [...]
2009-08-03 10:05:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC ECON SN
09SKOPJE366 More H1N1 Cases Confirmed in Macedonia
[...] On July 4, Macedonian Health authorities announced the first confirmed case of Influenza A H1N1 in the country (ref b). The results were confirmed by a reference lab in London. Since then, a total of 14 cases have been confirmed and hospitalized at the State Clinics for Infectious diseases. [...]
2009-07-27 13:54:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT MK
09SOFIA584BULGARIA H1N1 UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Health announced Bulgaria's first A/H1N1 death on September 30. A total of 78 Bulgarians have contracted the virus thus far. Bulgaria will join the European Union's initiative to buy vaccines and inoculate risk groups free of charge. Last updated in March 200 [...]
2009-10-14 13:58:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KFLU AEMR CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SOFIA635BULGARIA TO DECLARE NON-SPECIFIC FLU EPIDEMIC
[...] (SBU) Bulgaria is expected to announce a national flu epidemic on November 6. According to the National Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Plan, a national epidemic is declared once the rate of illness across the country reaches 200 in 10,000 persons. Currently, there are 15 regions and munici [...]
2009-11-06 14:52:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KFLU AEMR CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09STATE1045422009-H1N1: CONSULAR SERVICES FOR U.S. CITIZENS
[...] SUMMARY: In June 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that a global pandemic was underway due to 2009-H1N1 influenza, also known as novel H1N1. Unlike avian influenza (H5N1),the disease caused by this strain of the influenza virus is far less severe, with a mortality rate simi [...]
2009-10-07 17:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMED AMGT CASC CMGT TBIO KFLU
09STATE114494TRAVEL ALERT - THE HAJJ
[...] The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the latest information on the 2009-H1N1 influenza (also referred to as novel H1N1 or swine flu) pandemic and preparations for the Hajj. Although most people who have become ill with 2009-H1N1 influenza have recovered without requiring medical tr [...]
2009-11-06 00:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED AMGT TBIO KFLU SARB
09STATE116027PREPARING FOR A CRISIS
[...] (U) Crisis situations - whether because of political or social unrest, wars or acts of terrorism, natural catastrophes or human accidents - represent some of the greatest challenges facing the Department, our overseas missions, and the broader USG. While they are typically times of tragedy a [...]
2009-11-10 19:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE13929ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON PANDEMIC INFLUENZA
[...] Further to reftel, this cable provides additional guidance to posts on publishing Pandemic Influenza (PI) tripwires and sets a later deadline for inputting that information. 2. In January 2006, the Department published a new 12 FAH-1 Emergency Planning Handbook and mandated that all emer [...]
2009-02-13 21:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO
09STATE28521REPORTING OF INDONESIA HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 14:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAGR ID KFLU PGOV TBIO WHO
09STATE41745SWINE FLU INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] Summary: This telegram provides information for employees at diplomatic and consular posts on health issues related to the recent cluster of cases of influenza-like respiratory illness that are occurring in the United State and Mexico due to a swine flu virus. This virus contains a unique gen [...]
2009-04-26 05:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO KPAO
09STATE41768SWINE FLU INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-26 21:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO
09STATE42349MGSF01: MONITORING GROUP FORMATION REGARDING
[...] As of 1500 EDT on 04/27/09 the Executive Secretary directed the formation of a Monitoring Group regarding the International Swine Flu Outbreak. The Monitoring Group will operate virtually with support from the Operations Center, but will be prepared to upgrade to physical staffing should eve [...]
2009-04-28 02:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE43052MGSF01: SITUATION REPORT NO. 1 INFLUENZA
[...] (SBU) Confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus were reported in New Zealand, the first cases outside of the Americas and Europe. Officials are investigating flu- like symptoms in several other countries, including Israel, Guatemala, and Russia. (HSC/CDC/Monitoring Group telcon) 2. (SBU) The [...]
2009-04-28 22:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE43249H1N1 INFLUENZA: MESSAGING FOR AMERICANS ABROAD
[...] SUMMARY: This cable provides guidance for Consular Section Chiefs and American Citizens Services (ACS) officers on dissemination of warden messages related to the H1N1 Influenza A outbreak, previously known as the Swine Influenza outbreak, and informs ACS officers that an "H1N1 Flu Outbreak" [...]
2009-04-29 14:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED KFLU
09STATE44804TFFLU01: SITUATION REPORT NO. 4 INFLUENZA TASK
[...] (U) Colombia diagnosed its first case, according to media. (AP) U.S. ASSISTANCE EFFORTS EXPAND ------------------------------- 2. (SBU) The CDC continues to deploy technical experts to Mexico to work with their counterparts to investigate and prevent the spread of H1N1 influenza and to co [...]
2009-05-03 19:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE44808TFFLU01: SITUATION REPORT NO. 3 INFLUENZA TASK
[...] (SBU) The Mexican health secretary announced 473 confirmed cases and 19 fatalities. (Task Force/Embassy Mexico City e-mail) 2. (SBU) Mexico will announce new measures May 4. (Task Force/Embassy Mexico City e-mail) 3. (U) Ireland and Costa Rica reported their first cases. [...]
2009-05-03 21:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE45021SITUATION REPORT NO. 5: INFLUENZA TASK FORCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 15:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE45206SITUATION REPORT NO. 6 INFLUENZA TASK FORCE
[...] (SBU) Cases were confirmed in Italy, Ireland, and El Salvador. In-country transmission was confirmed in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Spain. CDC confirmed 286 U.S. cases and reported 786 probable U.S. cases. (Task Force/Domestic Readiness Group telcon) 2. (SBU) Since delivering requ [...]
2009-05-04 20:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE45250MANAGING CONSULAR PUBLIC ACCESS AND CONTACT
[...] SUMMARY: This cable provides guidance for Consular Section Chiefs on managing public access and close contact during the current outbreak of H1N1 Influenza A, as well as during any future flu outbreaks and large-scale public health events. As with all health-related issues, local and Depart [...]
2009-05-04 23:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CVIS CMGT KFLU
09STATE45269TFFLU01: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REGARDING
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2, 3 and 4. 2. In support of the Influenza Task Force, the Department is directing posts to report on whether or not your host country is using thermal imaging devices to screen for passengers with elevated temperatures. 3. If your hos [...]
2009-05-05 00:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE45698SITUATION REPORT NO. 7 INFLUENZA TASK FORCE
[...] (SBU) The WHO confirms a case was identified in Portugal. (Task Force/HHS telcon) 2. (SBU) Mexican Health Minister Cordova announced 866 confirmed cases without any additional fatalities. (Task Force/Embassy Mexico City telcon) 3. (SBU) Embassy Mexico City confirmed one U.S. citizen [...]
2009-05-05 20:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE45833TFFLU01: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION VIA H1N1
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2, 3, 4, and 5. REQUEST FOR INPUT TO SUMMARY MATRIX ----------------------------------- 2. In support of the Influenza Outbreak Task Force and our broader mission to keep the President and Secretary fully abreast of worldwide reactions [...]
2009-05-06 02:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KFLU AEMR CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE46274SITUATION REPORT NO. 8 INFLUENZA TASK FORCE
[...] (SBU) Mexican Health Minister Cordova announced 1,012 confirmed cases and 40 deaths overall. The new death total is based on laboratory results. Areas hardest hit by the H1N1 virus are Mexico City, the State of Mexico, San Luis Potosi and Hidalgo. (Task Force/HHS telcon) 2. (SBU) The co [...]
2009-05-06 21:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE46834SITUATION REPORT NO. 9 INFLUENZA TASK FORCE
[...] (U) The WHO reports 201 confirmed cases in Canada. (Reuters) 2. (SBU) The CDC confirms 896 U.S. cases and reports 927 probable cases in 43 states. (Task Force/HHS telcon) 3. (SBU) The Mexican Government confirms 1,204 cases of H1N1 and 44 deaths and notes these numbers might conti [...]
2009-05-07 21:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE47400SITUATION REPORT NO. 10 INFLUENZA TASK FORCE
[...] (SBU) The CDC reports 1,639 confirmed and 849 probable cases in 43 states and the District of Columbia. (Task Force/HHS telcon) 2. (SBU) Canada confirms 214 cases and 1 death. (Task Force/HHS telcon, Reuters) 3. (U) The Mexican Secretary of Health confirmed 1,364 cases and 45 de [...]
2009-05-09 01:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE52538TFFLU01: INFLUENZA TASK FORCE SUSPENDED
[...] At 1700 EDT on 05/21/09, the Executive Secretary suspended the Influenza Task Force. 2. Public inquiries regarding American Citizen Services issues may be referred to the Office of Overseas Citizens Services 888-407-4747, or from overseas at 1- 202-501-4444. Inquiries from the press shou [...]
2009-05-21 23:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF
09STATE54435REQUEST FOR LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE H1N1
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-5. REQUEST FOR INPUT TO LESSONS LEARNED SUMMARY MATRIX --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (U) The Department is interested in feedback from posts regarding Lessons Learned/Best Practices from the spring 20 [...]
2009-05-28 00:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE6306Pandemic Influenza Tripwires
[...] This is an ACTION REQUEST: please see paragraphs three, four and five. 2. The threat of a potentially devastating global influenza pandemic persists. The National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza calls pandemic influenza "a unique circumstance," requiring planning beyond more customary em [...]
2009-01-23 19:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO KPAO
09STATE634912009-H1N1 FLU DETECTED AMONG PARTICIPANTS IN
[...] Summary: A group of 335 participants in the Department,s Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program gathered in Washington the week of June 8 for meetings and site visits before returning home. A small number of the returning students have experienced flu-like symptoms and we understand fro [...]
2009-06-18 21:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAPER KFLU KPAO OEXC SCUL XA XD XF ZK
09STATE82863SETTING THE AGENDA FOR THE APRIL 2010 HANOI
[...] (SBU) Introduction: The Interagency Coordinating Meeting (ICM) on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (API),chaired by Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, Ambassador Robert Loftis, met on July 27 to discuss the planned Inter-Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza [...]
2009-08-10 16:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT EAID IO PGOV PREL TBIO VM KFLU
09STATE97471FOLLOW-UP ON PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO EXPAND
[...] This is an action request. See para five. 2. On September 17, 2009, President Obama announced that the United States will act aggressively to stop the global spread of the pandemic 2009-H1N1 virus through partnering with the World Health Organization (WHO) to make 10 percent of the U.S. [...]
2009-09-19 00:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL KFLU WHO
09STATE99707FOLLOW-UP ON PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO EXPAND
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph six. 2. Background. On September 17, 2009, President Obama announced that the United States will act aggressively to stop the global spread of the pandemic 2009-H1N1 virus through partnering with the World Health Organization (WHO) to make 10 perc [...]
2009-09-24 19:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL KFLU WHO
09STOCKHOLM264MGSF01: FIVE SWEDES TEST NEGATIVE FOR SWINE FLU
[...] (SBU) According to Todd Webber, CDC Liaison at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control in Stockholm, Sweden has had five residents under investigation for Swine Flu as of April 27. Four returned from travel in Mexico, one from San Diego. All five tested negative. 2. (SBU) [...]
2009-04-28 14:48:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STOCKHOLM275TFFLU01: One Probable Case in Sweden, Per Swedish
[...] (SBU) Sweden is currently testing one resident for possible H1N1 Influenza A infection. The woman had recently visited the United States and displayed suspicious but mild flu symptoms for several days. However, because the subject was never hospitalized and has already recovered, her tested [...]
2009-05-05 06:16:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SURABAYA45TFFLU01: BALI'S REACTION TO THE H1N1 INFLUENZA THREAT
[...] (U) Summary. While there are no reports of H1N1 infected persons on the Hindu tourist island of Bali, local Airport, Health, and Department of Animal Husbandry officials are all reportedly prepared for the possibility of H1N1 cases in Bali. Airport officials are utilizing thermal scanning equi [...]
2009-05-05 11:07:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU CASC AEMR ASEC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SUVA264FIJI CONFIRMS ITS FIRST TWO CASES OF H1N1
[...] Fiji recorded its first two confirmed cases of Influenza A/H1N1 over the weekend. According to press reports, a 36-year-old male resident of Fiji, who returned home from Melbourne on June 10, sought treatment from a private physician after he became ill and after family in Australia advised h [...]
2009-06-22 04:41:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CASC AMED KFLU FJ
09SUVA271FIJI H1N1 UPDATE
[...] SUMMARY: Emergency Action Committee (EAC) Suva met on June 26, 2009, to discuss additional reported cases in-country of the H1N1 Influenza. END SUMMARY. 2. Doctor Salanieta of the Fiji Ministry of Health confirmed that four additional individuals have tested positive in Fiji for the H1N1 [...]
2009-06-28 23:31:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CASC AMED KFLU ASEC KSAF KSEO KPAO FJ
09TAIPEI1010H1N1 UPDATE: SECOND DEATH RECORDED AS CASES TOP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Taiwan authorities estimate there are over 9,000 individuals in Taiwan currently infected with H1N1. The island recorded its second H1N1 death last week, and a further three individuals are still hospitalized with severe cases. Taiwan CDC (TCDC) is reviewing treatment guidelines [...]
2009-08-19 08:54:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KFLO TBIO XE TW
09TAIPEI1069H1N1 HIGHLIGHTS TAIWAN'S SHORTCOMINGS IN RISK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. H1N1 has caused five deaths in Taiwan, and although the illness' trajectory is not atypical relative to other areas with outbreaks, more severe cases and deaths are expected in the coming months. Taiwan has placed an order for Tamiflu and an H1N1 vaccine from Swiss sources, an [...]
2009-09-02 08:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KFLO TBIO XE TW
09TAIPEI515APRIL 30 SWINE FLU UPDATE FOR TAIWAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As of midday local time April 30, no cases of the H1N1 virus have been detected in Taiwan. Taiwan health officials believe they are well-prepared to meet the latest challenges posed by the H1N1 virus. Airports have beefed up thermal screening of incoming passengers, and the a [...]
2009-04-30 10:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KFLO TBIO TW CH
09TAIPEI542 TFFLUO1; MAY 6 TAIWAN H1N1 VIRUS UPDATE
[...] Summary. Taiwan remains free from the H1N1 virus, although authorities are still vigilant in screening international arrivals, and in preparing for any possible outbreak. Taiwan,s Center for Disease Control (TCDC) has requested the US CDC provide a sample of the H1N1 virus. End Summary. [...]
2009-05-06 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC AMGT CASC TBIO KFLU KFLO MARR PREL
09TAIPEI588TFFLU01: MAY 15 H1N1 VIRUS UPDATE FOR TAIWAN
[...] Taiwan continues to have close calls with the H1N1 virus from arriving airline passengers who have been in proximity to H1N1 carriers on their journey. As of noon, May 15, however, there are still no confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in Taiwan. At the CKS International Airport May 12, seven [...]
2009-05-15 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU TBIO TW CH KFLO
09TAIPEI609TFFLU01: TAIWAN CONFIRMS FIRST H1N1 CASE
[...] (SBU) On May 20, Taiwan health authorities confirmed the first occurrence of H1N1 in Taiwan. The infected passenger arrived on May 18 at 9:30 pm on Cathay Pacific flight CX 468 from Hong Kong, having started his trip in New York. The 52-year-old Australian national had a fever when he arrived [...]
2009-05-20 08:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR CASC KFLO TBIO PREL HHS TW
09TAIPEI622TFFLU01: TAIWAN CONFIRMS FOUR ADDITIONAL H1N1
[...] SUMMARY. On May 21, Taiwan health authorities confirmed the second, third, fourth and fifth cases of H1N1 in Taiwan. All cases with the exception of one came on flights originating in the U.S. The exception is a Taiwan female who flew in from Manila. To date no community spread of the virus [...]
2009-05-22 10:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR CASC KFLO TBIO PREL HHS TW
09TAIPEI626TAIWAN CONFIRMS NINE CASES OF H1N1 FLU
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 09:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU TBIO TW
09TAIPEI660TAIWAN CONFIRMS 17 CASES OF H1N1 FLU
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since our last report Taiwan health officials have confirmed 17 cases of the H1N1 virus, including a case of locally contracted H1N1 virus. Authorities have downgraded Taiwan from a pandemic alert level of "Yellow 3" to "Yellow 2" since no new cases of local transmission have [...]
2009-06-05 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KFLO TBIO TW CH
09TAIPEI756TAIWAN CONFIRMS 61 CASES BUT DOWNGRADES
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On June 19, the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (TCDC) confirmed Taiwan's 61st case of H1N1 and also downgraded the virus from a Category I Notifiable Infectious Disease to Category IV, meaning that medical doctors and hospitals are only required to report "severe" H1N1 cases [...]
2009-06-24 02:07:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KFLO TBIO TW CH
09TALLINN124TFFLU01: ESTONIAN PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PLANNING
[...] There are no suspected or confirmed cases of H1N1 Influenza A in Estonia at this time. The Estonian Government has dusted off a pandemic influenza action plan prepared in 2006, when concerns about avian influenza were at their highest. Post has spoken with GOE officials and private practiti [...]
2009-05-06 14:15:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09TALLINN169H1N1 STRIKES AMERICAN STUDENT GROUP IN ESTONIA
[...] Summary. H1N1 has emerged among a U.S. school group comprised of 33 high school students and 3 teachers (all American citizens except for one) traveling through Estonia on a bus trip through Eastern Europe. The group's plans to continue from Estonian to Latvia were delayed when five tested [...]
2009-06-26 13:46:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TALLINN302H1N1: ESTONIAN VACCINATION PLAN REMAINS UNCERTAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 07:56:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AMED SOCI EN
09TALLINN380FIRST H1N1 DEATH IN ESTONIA RAISES CONTROVERSY
[...] Summary. Estonia reported its first confirmed H1N1-related death on November 23. The death of the otherwise healthy 13-year old boy has focused press attention on decisions made by local health practitioners, and raised questions as to whether the death was avoidable. The Estonian Social Mi [...]
2009-11-25 11:58:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED TBIO KFLU EN
09TBILISI652 PANDEMIC INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES
[...] Per guidance and request we have reviewed and updated our Pandemic Influenza Tripwires. They have been submitted to our EAP via the Crisis and Emergency Planning Application system. They are now pending DS/SPP/EP review prior to inclusion in the published online version. Tefft [...]
2009-04-01 11:39:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO KPAO GG
09TBILISI840 MGSF01 GEORGIA'S SWINE FLU RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) As of May 1, no cases of swine flu have been reported in Georgia. The EAC convened on April 28, ensured that pandemic tripwires were reviewed, and shared ref A with American employees per ref A. Schools with U.S. Embassy dependents have been notified of the swine flu problem. Appropri [...]
2009-05-01 13:55:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TELAVIV932TWO POSSIBLE SWINE FLU CASES IN ISRAEL
[...] (SBU) Two possible cases of swine flu have been reported in Israel since April 25. Both cases are Israeli men who recently returned from visits to Mexico and are displaying symptoms consistent with the virus. Based upon criteria set by the Israeli Ministry of Health, the men have been quara [...]
2009-04-27 14:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO AMED CASC WHO IS
09TELAVIV949TWO CONFIRMED SWINE FLU CASES IN ISRAEL
[...] (SBU) Two cases of swine flu have been confirmed by viral sequencing performed at Tel Hashomer Hospital as of April 28. Ministry of Health Officials and the director-general of the hospital only yesterday (ref B) characterized the first of the two cases as just a "slim" chance of swine flu. Fi [...]
2009-04-28 14:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO AMED CASC WHO IS
09TELAVIV958MGSF01: ISRAEL H1N1 INFLUENZA A UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Deputy Health Minister Ya'acov Litzman announced in a radio interview today that the two men diagnosed with swine influenza A/H1N1 in Israel are recovering and would likely be discharged to their homes later today or tomorrow. As of 1600 local time, there are no further confirmed cases, [...]
2009-04-30 15:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TELAVIV986MGSF01: TWO ADDITIONAL H1N1 CASES CONFIRMED IN ISRAEL;
[...] (SBU) Over the weekend two additional cases of H1N1 were confirmed in Israel, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the nation up to four. To date, all reported H1N1 infections in Israel have been in people who have recently visited Mexico; no secondary transmission has been observed [...]
2009-05-05 04:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09THEHAGUE282NETHERLANDS CONFIRMED CASE OF H1N1 FLU
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post convened a Pandemic Influenza Working Group (PIWG) meeting on May 1 to discuss the recent confirmed case of H1N1 (Swine Flu) in the Netherlands, review the Mission,s current preparedness plans (including Mission trip wires) and update a recently- sent warden notification. Th [...]
2009-05-01 15:47:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDASEC NL KFLU AEMR CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09TIRANA56716 CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1 VIRUS IN ALBANIA
[...] (SBU) Four new cases of the H1N1 virus were confirmed on August 18, bringing the total number of reported cases in Albania to 16. Two of the 16 cases have been children. In a recent development, Albania has begun to treat suspected cases with Tamiflu. H1N1 symptoms have been relatively mild [...]
2009-08-24 05:18:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT CASC KFLU PINR PREL AL
09TIRANA596GOA STRUGGLING TO PLAN FOR H1N1, PAY FOR VACCINE
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of September 1, there have been 30 confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Albania. The GOA's slow response has hindered its ability to procure the H1N1 vaccine. Lack of funds for the purchase of a sufficient number of vaccine doses and failure to plan weaken Albania's overall p [...]
2009-09-02 14:57:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALAMGT CASC KFLU PINR PREL AL
09TIRANA731 H1N1 Update - Albania
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 12 Albanian authorities reported a total of 57 verified cases of H1N1 in Albania, as well as an increase in the number of unspecified "respiratory illnesses" compared to this time last year. On November 10, the Albanian Public Health Institute announced that it has be [...]
2009-11-13 13:57:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT CASC KFLU PINR PREL AL
09TIRANA793ALBANIA: First Deaths Due to H1N1
[...] (SBU) Summary : Albania announced its firstH1N1 death of an otherwise "healthy" patient on December 13, bringing the total to four deaths in the past three weeks. Incidence rates for respiratory illness overall have hit ten year highs but have fallen short of epidemic status and have stabilize [...]
2009-12-14 15:20:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI KFLU AL
09TOKYO1008MGSF01 APRIL 30 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of swine flu have been reported in Japan. The Health Minister said Japan remains at pandemic alert level one and will increase the number of "fever clinics" within hospitals, bolster antiviral stocks, and accelerate vaccine production. The Health Ministry instru [...]
2009-04-30 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO1024MGSF01 May 1 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] (SBU) Summary: A four-month-old baby arriving at Yokota Air Base May 1 tested positive for Type A influenza. The baby is in isolation together with the mother at Yokota Hospital and is undergoing further evaluation and treatment. The case is being evaluated for possible H1N1. Thirteen other [...]
2009-05-01 11:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO1026MGSF01: EMBASSY TOKYO EAC MEETING ON H1N1
[...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires chaired a May 1 meeting of the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review Mission pandemic tripwires and current actions in accordance with guidance in refs A, B, and C and to consider Post's next steps should the H1N1 virus reach Japan. U.S. Forces Japan [...]
2009-05-01 12:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC AMGT TBIO KSAF KPAO KFLO
09TOKYO1027MGSF01: EMBASSY TOKYO EAC MEETING ON H1N1
[...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires chaired a May 1 meeting of the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review Mission pandemic tripwires and current actions in accordance with guidance in refs A, B, and C and to consider Post's next steps should the H1N1 virus reach Japan. U.S. Forces Japan [...]
2009-05-01 12:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC AMGT TBIO KSAF KPAO KFLO
09TOKYO1029MGSF01 May 5 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of the novel H1N1 influenza virus have been confirmed in Japan. A U.S. service member was under observation at Kansai International Airport May 5 after a passenger on the service member's flight showed flu symptoms. A Japanese woman who arrived from Los Angeles [...]
2009-05-05 09:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO1030MGSF01 May 5 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of the novel H1N1 influenza virus have been confirmed in Japan. A U.S. service member was under observation at Kansai International Airport May 5 after a passenger on the service member's flight showed flu symptoms. A Japanese woman who arrived from Los Angeles [...]
2009-05-05 09:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO1043MGSF01 May 7 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of Type A H1N1 influenza have been confirmed in Japan. All previous reports of suspected H1N1 cases in Japan in the end have tested negative for the novel virus. The Japanese government is preparing for the possibility of the WHO raising its pandemic alert to Ph [...]
2009-05-07 08:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO1057MGSF01 May 8 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of Type A H1N1 influenza have been confirmed in Japan. The Chief Cabinet Secretary said the GOJ has no current plans to take additional steps should the WHO raise its pandemic alert level to Phase Six. A 6-year-old boy living in Chicago is the first Japanese cit [...]
2009-05-08 07:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO1072MGSF01 May 11 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Four human cases of Type A H1N1 influenza have been confirmed in Japan. All four were among a Japanese school group that arrived at Narita Airport on a flight May 8 from Detroit following a school trip to Canada; and are being treated in isolation at medical facilities near Nar [...]
2009-05-11 10:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO1086MGSF01 JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] This message contains an Action Request, please see para. 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: Four human cases of Type A H1N1 influenza have been confirmed in Japan. While no Americans were among the infected, four Americans who had been confined to their Kyoto hotel rooms because of their suspected pro [...]
2009-05-13 09:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO1125MGSF01 H1N1 OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has reported as many as 130 confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza. With the exception of four patients in quarantine near Narita Airport, all cases were reported to be in the Osaka and Kobe areas. There are no reports of H1N1 infection among Americans in Japan. While the ma [...]
2009-05-18 08:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO1150MGSF01 UPDATE ON H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has reported as many as 236 confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza. Nearly all cases were reported to be in the Osaka and Kobe areas. There are no reports of H1N1 infection among Americans in Japan. While the majority of confirmed cases involve students and young adults, th [...]
2009-05-20 22:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO1161MGSF01 UPDATE ON H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese authorities confirmed the first two cases of A H1N1 influenza in Tokyo and its neighbor city, Kawasaki (in Kanagawa Prefecture) the evening of May 20. Two students, who attend the same high school in Kawasaki, returned to the Tokyo area from New York May 19, and tested [...]
2009-05-21 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO1171MGSF01 UPDATE ON H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN
[...] (U) Summary: Cases of H1N1 infection were reported in previously unaffected areas in Japan, although only in isolated cases. One additional case was reported in Tokyo City in a woman who returned from the United States May 19. The GOJ implemented a new policy to respond to the less virulent [...]
2009-05-22 07:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO1253LESSONS LEARNED FROM H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Effective coordination among multiple agencies at Post, our five consulates general, and United States Forces Japan (USFJ) helped the Mission to prepare for the spread of H1N1 in Japan, inform official and non-official Americans in Japan of developments, and report to Washington [...]
2009-06-04 07:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AESC CASC EAGR KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09TOKYO1449JAPAN'S GOVERNMENT REVISES H1N1 INFLUENZA GUIDANCE
[...] (U) Summary: The Japanese Government revised its guidelines for responding to H1N1 influenza outbreaks June 19. Acknowledging the difficulty in using border controls to keep the H1N1 virus from entering Japan, the GOJ will, in many cases, allow arriving passengers with flu symptoms to enter t [...]
2009-06-26 05:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR AESC CASC TBIO PREL MG EAGR JA
09TOKYO1534JAPAN REPORTS FIRST CASE OF TAMIFLU-RESISTANT H1N1
[...] The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) announced July 2 it has detected the first case in Japan of Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 influenza A virus. The patient, a woman in her 40s from Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, had been administered Tamiflu since May 18 as a preventive measure after she [...]
2009-07-06 07:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO JA
09TOKYO1925MGSF01 AUGUST 19 UPDATE ON H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN
[...] (U) Summary: Three people have died from the H1N1 virus in Japan during the past week, Japan's first H1N1 related deaths, and the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) is reporting nationwide infection rates that are at epidemic levels. On August 19, the Minister of Health, Labor a [...]
2009-08-20 05:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO2008MGSF01 SEPTEMBER 1 UPDATE ON H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN
[...] Summary: Three additional H1N1-related deaths have been confirmed in Japan, bringing the total number of deaths linked to the novel influenza to eight. The infection rate during the week of August 17 to August 23 stood at 2.47 patients per medical facility, up from 1.69 patients per facility [...]
2009-09-01 04:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO2293MGSF01 October 5 UPDATE ON H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN
[...] Summary: The GOJ's task force on new influenza led by Prime Minister Hatoyama released guidelines for vaccination against H1N1 influenza October 1. According to the guidelines, medical professionals will be offered the vaccine first, followed by pregnant women, children from age one through [...]
2009-10-05 22:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO2445MGSF01 October 23 UPDATE ON H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN
[...] Summary: H1N1 vaccinations of medical professionals have begun in Japan, while the disease continues to spread throughout the country with an estimated 640,000 people with flu-like symptoms visiting medical institutions across Japan from October 5 to 11. More than 80 percent of these patients [...]
2009-10-23 01:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO2762MGSF01 December 3 UPDATE ON H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN
[...] Summary: H1N1 continues to spread throughout Japan on the cusp of the winter flu season. The National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) announced that an estimated 1.73 million people with flu-like symptoms visited medical institutions across Japan from November 16 to November 22, the [...]
2009-12-03 02:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO346PANASONIC CONFIRMS PLANS TO REPATRIATE STAFF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Panasonic says pandemic preparedness and risk management are behind its decision to repatriate dependents of employees working in many emerging countries. However, the company concedes there is no imminent pandemic threat. With no particular guidance from the GOJ or other aut [...]
2009-02-13 10:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV KFLU TBIO KSTH JA
09TOKYO492JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] No human outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the period of May 2, 2008 to March 4, 2009. ------------------------------------------- H7N6 Detected in Quail in Aichi Prefecture ------------------------------------------- 2. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fo [...]
2009-03-04 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA
09TOKYO965JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO SWINE FLU OUTBREAKS
[...] Please note action request contained in para. 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: No human cases of swine flu have been reported in Japan. The Japanese government, following an emergency meeting April 25, established a special working group in the Prime Minister's office, issued warnings to Japanese tr [...]
2009-04-27 07:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR JA
09TOKYO982UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of swine flu have been reported in Japan. The Health Ministry raised Japan's domestic pandemic alert April 28 to a level corresponding to an outbreak of pandemic influenza abroad. The GOJ authorized expanded border screening to include arrivals from the U.S. and [...]
2009-04-28 22:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR JA
09TOKYO993MGSF01 APRIL 29 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of swine flu have been reported in Japan. The GOJ has broadened its enhanced health screening of inbound passengers to include those arriving from any H1N1 affected country. Under Japan's quarantine law, border officials are authorized to detain passengers who r [...]
2009-04-29 07:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TRIPOLI366EAC ON PREPAREDNESS FOR PANDEMIC FLU OUTBREAK
[...] The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on April 30, 2009, chaired by the Chief of Mission. The following attended the meeting: Deputy Chief of Mission, Regional Security Officer, Regional Affairs Officer, Defense Attachi, Community Liaison Officer, Medical Officer, Consul, Commerc [...]
2009-05-05 09:35:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED CASC TBIO KFLU
09TRIPOLI948MGSF01: LIBYA REPORTS FIRST DEATH DUE TO H1N1, WITH 84
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to Libyan state-run media, a pregnant 40-year old Libyan woman recently died in the country's first reported H1N1-related death. The number of H1N1 cases in the country reached 84 as of December 1, a jump from the official figure of 20 provided by the Libyan Nationa [...]
2009-12-03 16:16:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI CASC LY KFLU AEMR ASEC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09TUNIS276TFFLU01: TUNISIA'S READINESS FOR AN H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] (SBU) H1N1 influenza has not yet arrived in Tunisia. According to the WHO, Tunisia is reasonably prepared for a pandemic, with 100,000 doses of Tamiflu already stockpiled and heightened screening measures in place at the Tunis-Carthage International Airport. Although the GOT's testing capabi [...]
2009-05-06 16:37:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF PREL AMGT TF
09VIENNA1230 H1N1: Inside Scoop from Baxter on Vaccination
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Baxter BioSciences (a large U.S. pharma firm, active in central Europe) characterizes Austria as one of the best prepared countries in Europe to deal with a pandemic flu. With only 361 mostly mild cases of H1N1 and no deaths to date, Austria has not put its plan into action. The [...]
2009-09-23 15:09:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KFLO CASC PREL AU EZ
09VIENNA1361AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO FIGHT GLOBAL H1N1
[...] Econpoloff delivered reftel demarche requesting assistance to Hubert Hrabcik, Director of Public Health. Hrabcik's office had no substantive response. However, Clemens-Martin Auer for the Ministry of Health told Austrian national television on October 12 that, in the event Austria does not u [...]
2009-10-19 15:06:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL KFLU WHO AU
09VIENNA1389Austria Halfhearted on H1N1 Vaccination
[...] Austria begins vaccinating its healthcare personnel (around 280,000 persons) this week on a voluntary basis. Vaccine developer Baxter has delivered 500,000 doses of "Celvapan" to the health authorities for a 2-shot immunization. According to a Health Ministry (MOH) survey, 30-35% of register [...]
2009-10-28 13:24:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU CASC KFLO PREL AU
09VIENNA1606Austria H1N1 Update: New Cases Down; Unused Vaccine
[...] The number of new H1N1 infections appears to be slowing in Austria. In the week prior to December 16, health authorities estimated approximately 24,000 new infections, a decline from 45,000 infections the previous week. The total number of infections is now approximately 250,000. The number [...]
2009-12-23 09:43:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU CASC KFLO PREL AU
09VIENNA519MGSF01: AUSTRIAN AUTHORITIES CONFIRM ONE CASE OF H1N1
[...] On April 29, Austrian authorities announced that a 28-year old female, traveling from Guatemala through Mexico City with a three-day stopover in Miami, reported a fever on arrival at Vienna International Airport and was hospitalized and treated with Tamiflu. She has apparently recovered and c [...]
2009-04-30 15:18:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09VIENNA733AUSTRIA H1N1 UPDATE: SEVENTH CASE CONFIRMED, BUT NO ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES
[...] Austrian authorities report seven total H1N1 cases since the outbreak of the epidemic. Director for Public Health Hubert Hrabcik confirmed the seventh case, a woman from Salzburg who had returned from a visit to the U.S. Health authorities said that her case is "mild" and she is responding w [...]
2009-06-18 11:33:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO ECON ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO PREL MG AU
09VIENNA891AUSTRIA H1N1 UPDATE: 54 CONFIRMED CASES, STILL NO SPECIAL
[...] As of July 29, Austrian authorities report 54 total H1N1 cases since the outbreak of the epidemic. The number of infected persons has increased significantly over the past two weeks. Most cases have been discovered after Austrians returned home from tourist destinations all over the world (t [...]
2009-07-20 15:13:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO ECON ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO KFLU PREL MG AU
09VIENNA989Austria H1N1 Update: 169 Confirmed Cases; Health
[...] As of August 4, Austrian authorities report 169 total H1N1 cases since the outbreak of the epidemic. 154 of these cases have been reported since July. Only around five infections are in-country transmissions of the virus; most persons brought the virus back from vacation. So far, all patien [...]
2009-08-04 14:58:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU CASC KFLO PREL AU
09VIENTIANE197MGSF01 EMBASSY VIENTIANE EAC DISCUSSES SWINE FLU
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-28 08:51:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KPAO KSAF KSEO TBIO
09VIENTIANE200MGSF01 EMBASSY VIENTIANE EAC DISCUSSES SWINE FLU
[...] (SBU) In response the H1N1 outbreak in Mexico and Department guidance reftel, Post Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on April 29 to review post contingency plans and actions by the Government of Laos (GOL). The Center for Disease Control (CDC) representative here advised the EAC that [...]
2009-04-28 09:28:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KPAO KSAF KSEO TBIO
09VIENTIANE289MGSF01: FIRST LAO H1N1 CASE CONFIRMED
[...] (SBU) Lao PDR's first case of H1N1 influenza was confirmed on June 16 by the National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology (NCLE). The patient is an adult male Australian citizen who developed influenza-like symptoms two days after returning to Lao PDR, where he works, from Australia. The [...]
2009-06-17 10:37:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09VIENTIANE303LAOS H1N1 INFLUENZA UPDATE: THREE CASES CONFIRMED
[...] Laos' second and third cases of H1N1 influenza were confirmed this week. The two new cases are members of an American family that had just arrived from the U.S. for a visit. The elevated body temperature of the young Amcit son was picked up by an airport thermal scanner on arrival in Vientia [...]
2009-06-24 07:58:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09VILNIUS245TFFLU01: ILL LITHUANIANS TEST NEGATIVE FOR H1N1;
[...] Recent Lithuanian travelers to the United States and Mexico have tested negative for the H1N1 flu virus. One man fell ill after returning from Mexico on April 23. Another developed flu-like symptoms a few days before flying from the United States on April 22, and his wife and daughter became [...]
2009-05-04 12:54:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09VILNIUS455H1N1: LITHUANIA'S PREPARATION FOR PANDEMIC LACKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Health officials in Lithuania are in only the early stages of domestic planning for a possible H1N1 flu pandemic, but say that they are confident they will be prepared and protected should one occur. As of August 21 Lithuania has reported 47 confirmed H1N1 flu cases, none fata [...]
2009-08-26 11:08:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO PREL ASEC LH
09VILNIUS596LITHUANIAN GOVERNMENT SEES H1N1 THREAT AS
[...] SUMMARY: After H1N1 flu sickened dozens of cadets at a Lithuanian military academy, GOL officials have urged the public not to panic. At the same time, they have decided to stop testing flu victims to determine whether they have the H1N1 virus, and have yet to decide whether to purchase any [...]
2009-11-09 11:06:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO PREL LH
09VILNIUS615AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During her initial meeting with Minister of Health Algis Caplikas, Ambassador Derse heard that the budget crisis was forcing the ministry to speed up its reforms in the health-care sector, that the GOL believes it is prepared for the worsening flu pandemic, and that the ministry [...]
2009-11-18 15:15:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV KFLU SOCI TBIO LH
09VILNIUS619LITHUANIA REPORTS FIRST FLU DEATH AS EPIDEMIC IS
[...] SUMMARY: A 14-year-old boy died in Kaunas of complications from H1N1 flu on November 17, giving Lithuania its first flu death of the season. Health officials also announced that cases of flu and respiratory diseases have risen dramatically in the past week. New cases have reached epidemic [...]
2009-11-19 15:18:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO PREL LH
09VILNIUS630LITHUANIA DECLARES NATIONWIDE FLU PANDEMIC; TWO
[...] SUMMARY: Lithuania declared a nationwide flu pandemic on November 24 after flu cases reached epidemic levels in nearly two-thirds of the country's 60 municipalities. Lithuania has reported two deaths, both within the past week, from H1N1 flu. The Embassy community recorded its first confirm [...]
2009-11-25 10:41:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO PREL LH
09VILNIUS679FLU PANDEMIC ABATING IN LITHUANIA
[...] The wave of flu and flu-like illnesses in Lithuania is receding. In the first week of December, infection rates were at 104 cases per 10,000 people, a decrease of 40 percent from the 175 cases per 10,000 people reported a week earlier. As of December 11, the GOL had attributed nine deaths to [...]
2009-12-11 14:52:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO PREL LH
09WELLINGTON106MGSF01 - SWINE FLU UPDATE FOR NEW ZEALAND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-28 20:43:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR AMGT TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR ASEC KFLO KSAF
09WELLINGTON169New Zealand H1N1 Sitrep, June 19, 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 18, the New Zealand Government announced a shift of its H1N1 strategy from one of "containment" to one of "management" of the virus. This move was prompted by increased volumes of confirmed and suspected cases of the virus received by the country's regional health authori [...]
2009-06-19 05:26:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR KFLU ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09WELLINGTON177New Zealand H1N1 Sitrep, June 25, 2009
[...] (U) Updating Post's last sitrep, (see reftel),New Zealand's H1N1 flu strategy has shifted from a program of containment for confirmed and suspected cases to management of the pandemic's impact throughout major population centers. The management strategy of the pandemic now abandons distributi [...]
2009-06-25 01:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR KFLU TBIO KSAF PREL AMGT NZ
09WELLINGTON213New Zealand H1N1 SitRep July 13, 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary. New Zealanders are becoming increasingly concerned over H1N1 Influenza A (swine flu) as the virus spreads throughout the general population, causing serious illness and several deaths since the end of June. The public health sector has reported increased activity related to H1 [...]
2009-07-13 03:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AEMR CW NZ PREL KSAF KPAO KFLU
09YAOUNDE703CAMEROON: FIRST CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1
[...] SUMMARY: Cameroon has just announced its first confirmed cases of H1N1, one of which includes an Amcit. END SUMMARY. 2. On August 13, state-run radio announced the first four confirmed cases of H1N1 in Cameroon. Two of the cases are within the missionary community in Yaounde, and include [...]
2009-08-14 11:01:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU PINR CM TBIO ECON SOCI CASC EAGR
09YEKATERINBURG74URALS REGION GRAPPLES WITH GRIPPE
[...] Summary: The H1N1 outbreak is the main topic of the week in Sverdlovsk oblast now that a new governor has been named. A flu epidemic was declared for the oblast last week. Deaths from H1N1 have been confirmed in Chelyabinsk oblast, Surgut, and Bashkortostan. School vacations in many oblasts [...]
2009-11-13 09:33:00Consulate YekaterinburgUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KFLU WHO PGOV RS
09ZAGREB232ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 30, 2009
[...] (U) WORK STARTS ON CROATIAN SUPPORTED CIVILIAN ASSISTANCE PROJECT IN AFGHANISTAN: On April 26 Croatian civilians serving in the PRT working with the government of Afghanistan and local officials in the Feyzabad district of Badakhshan province took part in a ground breaking ceremony for a heal [...]
2009-04-30 15:06:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KFLU MARR MASS KPAO HR
09ZAGREB251TFFLU01: CROATIA TO LIFT TRADE BAN ON PORK
[...] In response to reftel, Econ officer discussed points with the MFA Department for Bilateral Economic Affairs, the MFA Department Head for North America, as well as the Ministry of Agriculture's Department of Veterinary Inspection. All were sympathetic to our position and the MFA informed us on [...]
2009-05-08 12:29:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD HR KFLU
09ZAGREB409CROATIA DISCOVERS FIRST CASE OF H1N1 FLU
[...] The Croatian Ministry of Health (MOH) announced over the July 5-6 weekend that it has detected the first confirmed case of H1N1 flu in Croatia. A 60 year-old Australian woman of Croatian origin, arriving from Sydney on July 1, showed flu-like symptoms and checked into a hospital on July 2nd. [...]
2009-07-06 13:11:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT HR
09ZAGREB447LARGE CROATIAN STUDENT GROUP EXPOSED TO H1N1;
[...] (U) A Croatian Ministry of Health spokesperson confirmed to us that 7 members of a large student group that returned from Spain last week, as well as 3 additional unrelated individuals, have tested positive for H1N1. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Croatia to 36. While som [...]
2009-07-21 10:56:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT HR
09ZAGREB668CROATIAN GOVERNMENT PREPARED FOR FLU OUTBREAK;
[...] (U) Summary: The Croatian government is fully prepared to deal with increasing cases of H1N1 and other seasonal influenza as the outbreak spreads throughout the country. Public health officials urged the public not to panic and to take precautions to prevent further influenza spread. However [...]
2009-11-13 14:38:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDAMER KFLU PREL HR
10ABUJA150NIGERIA RECORDS ITS FIRST DEATH FROM H1N1
[...] (U) The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) reported the first laboratory-confirmed death from H1N1 in Nigeria, in a press release issued on January 18. Nigeria's first reported victim of H1N1 was a 38-year-old Lagosian female who died at the Reddington Hospital in Victoria Island, Lago [...]
2010-02-02 11:58:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU SENV EAGR EAID ECON WHO NI
10BAGHDAD166PRT DIWANIYAH: H1N1 UPDATE: A LESSON IN
[...] This is a PRT Diwaniyah reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Diwaniyah officials responded effectively to the H1N1 pandemic during Fall 2009, strengthening both their governance and their healthcare capacity. The initial response could be characterized as disjointed as Provincial official [...]
2010-01-22 16:21:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KFLU KHIV TBIO KOCI
10BELGRADE116SERBIA: ALMOST 700 CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1 INFLUENZA; LOW
[...] (SBU) The number of cases and deaths attributed to H1N1 in Serbia continues to climb. While the GoS continues to publicize the dangers of the virus and the need for vaccination, many in the Serbian public remain skeptical. As a result of the low demand for vaccinations, Serbia has cut t [...]
2010-01-22 15:16:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KFLU AMGT PINR ECON AMED SR
10BERLIN58H1N1 Update: Infection Rate Still Low
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From January 2-8, the number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 1,137 to a total of 216,818 cases. The number of H1N1 deaths in Germany increased to 178. Due to the lack of demand for the H1N1 vaccination, Germany has cut its order for the 2009-H1N1 vaccine to 34 milli [...]
2010-01-15 16:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
10BRATISLAVA80SLOVAK PRIME MINISTER FICO ADVANCES H1N1 CONSPIRACY THEORY
[...] (C) Calling the H1N1 influenza pandemic a "game of pharmaceutical companies," Prime Minister Robert Fico declared this week that he "doesn't believe in swine flu" and will not get vaccinated. This is just the latest in a series of occasionally paranoid conspiracy theories asserted by Fico in [...]
2010-02-25 15:21:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KFLU CASC LO
10BRUSSELS155 BELGIUM: H1N1 CASES KEEP FALLING IN 2010
[...] On January 28, 2010, the Government of Belgium's Interministerial Influenza Commission (IIC) announced an estimated 1,614 new cases of the H1N1 virus in Belgium for the week of January 12 to January 17 (week 3). This figure is marginally higher from an estimated 1,302 cases the previous week. [...]
2010-02-09 14:14:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
10BRUSSELS178 BELGIUM: H1N1 CASES CONTINUE TO FALL IN JANUARY
[...] On February 11, 2010, the Government of Belgium's Interministerial Influenza Commission (IIC) announced an estimated 626 new cases of the H1N1 virus in Belgium for the week of January 25 to January 31 (week 5),and an estimated 257 cases during January 18 to 24. Two additional H1N1-related de [...]
2010-02-12 16:24:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
10BUDAPEST16 HUNGARY H1N1 UPDATE: NEW CASES DOWN, FOR NOW
[...] Summary: The first wave of the H1N1 pandemic in Hungary appears to be in decline, according to data from the Influenza Surveillance Division of Hungary's National Center for Epidemiology. However, the Center cautions that a second wave may arrive shortly, as schools reopen following the Chri [...]
2010-01-12 14:18:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO PREL ASEC HU
10BUDAPEST48 HUNGARY H1N1 UPDATE: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA FROM APRIL TO
[...] On January 15, Hungary's National Center for Epidemiology published a report on the H1N1 influenza pandemic in Hungary in its weekly journal EpInfo. The report analyzed epidemiological data collected from April 30, 2009 to January 15, 2010. Key data follows. 2. From April 30, 2009 until [...]
2010-01-29 07:55:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO PREL ASEC HU
10CAIRO224A/S Jones meets with GoE officials on Health, Science, and
[...] (SBU) Key Points: --In January 20 meetings, A/S Jones emphasized that health, science, and technology cooperation form an important component of the US-Egypt relationship and stated OES's desire to bolstering collaboration. --According to Higher Education and Science Research Minister Hany [...]
2010-02-03 16:30:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID KFLU TSPL EG
10CAIRO338Egypt: H5N1 Update - February 2010
[...] (SBU) Key Points --Egypt's Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed 12 human cases of H5N1 (avian influenza) in 2010, with three fatalities. --In the wake of efforts to combat H1N1 (swine flu),MoH will increase its public awareness H5N1 influenza programs for health care providers to ensure [...]
2010-02-21 14:11:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU PGOV EAGR EAID EG
10COLOMBO64H1N1 IN THE MALDIVES - VACCINE NEEDED
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) EconOff met with Dr. Aminath Jameel, Minister of Health (www.health.gov.mv),on January 14. The Minister noted that while only one death and 35 cases of H1N1 have been confirmed in the Maldives, many of her countrymen remain de [...]
2010-01-28 11:59:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV TBIO KFLU SOCI CASC CE
10HAMILTON20BERMUDA: H1N1 UPDATE - JANUARY 29, 2010
[...] (U) Due to a misprint by the Royals Gazette on January 7, 2010, the Department of Health has clarified that "There have been no confirmed deaths due to influenza A/H1N1. However, there has been reported a death in a person with influenza and a death in a person with confirmed influenza A/ [...]
2010-01-30 01:14:00Consulate HamiltonUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT KFLU TF BD
10HAMILTON3STATUS OF H1N1 IN BERMUDA: 25 CASES
[...] (U) A front-page article in the January 7th edition of the daily Royal Gazette quoted Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Cann, "There have been two deaths recorded in Bermudians with influenza, including one laboratory confirmed case of 2009 H1N1 influenza." However, it is unclear whether th [...]
2010-01-07 15:05:00Consulate HamiltonUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT KFLU TF BD
10HANOI220TWO FIRST HUMAN CASES OF INFLUENZA A/H5N1 IN VIETNAM IN
[...] (U) Summary: Vietnam reported its first two Influenza A/H5N1 infections of 2010, one of them apparently fatal. Consistent with seasonal trends, Vietnam also has experienced several outbreaks in flocks of chickens and ducks throughout the country. End Summary. First Human Infection of I [...]
2010-02-26 11:03:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
10JEDDAH10CATCHING UP WITH "THE FIRST WORLD": MECCA GOVERNOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In December 27 meeting with Ambassador, Governor of Mecca Region, HRH Prince Khalid Al Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (ref A),expressed his satisfaction with Hajj 2009 (ref B),which was not disrupted by the feared outbreak of H1N1 or significantly affected by the November 25 flash [...]
2010-01-08 10:30:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KFLU KISL KWBG SA
10KINSHASA162First laboratory-confirmed case of H1NI in DRC is expatriate
[...] The first laboratory-confirmed case of H1N1 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC or Congo Kinshasa) has been identified in the southeastern region of Katanga province. The case was an expatriate working for the Tenke-Fungurume Mining Company (DRC affiliate of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gol [...]
2010-02-08 16:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV TBIO KFLU CDC WHO CG
10KOLKATA11CONFIRMED OUTBREAK OF AVIAN INFLUENZA H5N1 IN WEST BENGAL
[...] (U) On January 14 the Indian central government's High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal confirmed the presence of avian influenza and the H5N1 virus in samples taken from the village of Khargram, West Bengal. The outbreak's epicenter is in the district of Murshidabad located [...]
2010-01-15 11:16:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN
10LISBON35 PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE - JAN 21
[...] (SBU) The Portuguese Health Ministry has been slow to reach its goal of vaccinating 3 million Portuguese against the H1N1 virus, primarily due to lack of public confidence in the vaccine and media speculation surrounding the deaths of four newborn infants. While many adults, including health c [...]
2010-01-21 12:59:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO
10LISBON48(CORRECTED COPY ADDED SIGNATURE) PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE -
[...] (SBU) The Portuguese Health Ministry has been slow to reach its goal of vaccinating 3 million Portuguese against the H1N1 virus, primarily due to lack of public confidence in the vaccine and media speculation surrounding the deaths of four newborn infants. While many adults, including health c [...]
2010-02-01 10:00:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO
10QUITO43Ecuador: H1N1 Update
[...] As of January 22, there were 2,251 cases of H1N1 reported in Ecuador, with 96 confirmed fatalities. The first H1N1 infection in Ecuador was recorded in May of 2009, and roughly 70% of the reported cases have affected people between the ages of one and 29. The disease is concentrated primarily [...]
2010-01-27 18:08:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED KFLU ECON EAID ETRD
10RANGOON100BURMA: SECOND AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK DETECTED
[...] (SBU) Burmese health officials reported to the World Organization for Animal Health February 23 that they have detected another outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Rangoon, the second in 2010. The previous outbreak began on February 1 in Myangone Township (reftel); prior [...]
2010-02-23 09:33:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
10RANGOON79BURMA: AVIAN INFLUENZA DETECTED IN POULTRY
[...] (SBU) Burmese health officials confirmed February 5 they have identified an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at a poultry farm in Rangoon's Myangone Township. The initial outbreak, detected February 1, was reported to health officials on February 2, and appeared to have a [...]
2010-02-09 10:26:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
10RANGOON81BURMA: AVIAN INFLUENZA DETECTED IN POULTRY
[...] (SBU) Burmese health officials confirmed February 5 they have identified an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at a poultry farm in Rangoon's Myangone Township. The initial outbreak, detected February 1, was reported to health officials on February 2, and appeared to have a [...]
2010-02-10 10:44:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
10SINGAPORE110REDI CENTER'S FUTURE UNCERTAIN AS USG FUNDING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dr. Daniel Miller and Dr. Adrienne Goodrich-Doctor of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) met with CDA and Ministry of Health (MOH) officials on December 3 and 4, 2009 to discuss the future of the Regional Emerging Diseases Intervention (REDI) Center and recent c [...]
2010-01-27 09:17:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALAORC KFLU TBIO PREL PGOV SN
10VILNIUS8AFTER H1N1 EPIDEMIC ENDS, VACCINE ARRIVES IN
[...] SUMMARY: The Lithuanian government received about 27,000 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine on December 30, just over a week after it had declared that flu was no longer at epidemic levels throughout the country. The vaccine is being offered first to medical personnel and to those in high-risk categ [...]
2010-01-06 13:45:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO PREL LH
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