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R 031545Z JUN 09
FM AMEMBASSY BERLIN
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INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE
RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 9885
RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO 0340
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RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 1465

UNCLAS BERLIN 000663 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EUR/CE PETER SCHROEDER 
STATE FOR OES/IHB 
STATE FOR AID/GH/HIDN 
USDA PASS TO APHIS 
HHS PASS TO CDC 
HHS FOR OGHA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
SUBJECT: GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 6 NEW CASES; 37 TOTAL 
 
REF:  A) Berlin 657, B) Berlin 641, C) Berlin 626, D) Berlin 
545, E) Berlin 537, F) Berlin 526, G) Berlin 518, H) Berlin 
512, I) Berlin 495, J) Berlin 488 
 
¶1. (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, Saxony, 
Thuringia and Bavaria.   END SUMMARY. 
 
 
Several States Affected by H1N1 
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¶2. (SBU) On June 3, the National Reference Center for 
Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its 
morning press briefing six new laboratory-confirmed cases of 
H1N1 in Germany.  This increases the total number of confirmed 
cases in Germany to thirty-seven (Refs B-E).  According to the 
institute, four of the infections occurred in the US and one 
in England.  The new cases were distributed among the federal 
states as follows: Hesse (1), North Rhine-Westphalia (1), 
Saxony (1), Thuringia (1), and Bavaria (2). 
 
¶3. (SBU) RKI reported that a 17-year old student from 
Starnberg (Bavaria) has the virus after returning from 
England, where he attends boarding school. He had returned to 
Germany to visit his family.  Media report note that his 
family was quarantined as a precautionary measure.  RKI also 
reports on a woman from Bavaria who is being tested for the 
virus. 
 
¶4. (SBU) Media reports also indicate that a 24-year old 
student from Kassel (Hesse) has the virus.  He was reportedly 
on the same flight from New York to Frankfurt as the 47-year 
old man from Hesse whom RKI confirmed yesterday (Ref 657). 
 
 
Doctor Infected with H1N1 
------------------------- 
 
¶5. (SBU) According to media reports, the case in NRW involves 
a practitioner from Duesseldorf who may have been infected 
with the virus by taking care of a family who was previously 
confirmed to have the virus.  The man is reportedly 
asymptomatic. 
 
 
KOENIG