VZCZCXRO5554
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DE RUEHRL #0695 1611648
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 101648Z JUN 09
FM AMEMBASSY BERLIN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4320
INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE
RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 9912
RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO 0343
RUEHFT/AMCONSUL FRANKFURT 8039
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE USD FAS WASHINGTON DC 0111
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0751
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 1472

UNCLAS BERLIN 000695 
 
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: ANOTHER SPIKE IN CASES, 86 
TOTAL 
 
REF:  A) Berlin 686, B) 672, C) 663, D) Berlin 657, E) Berlin 
641, F) Berlin 626, G) Berlin 545, H) Berlin 537, I) Berlin 
526, J) Berlin 518, K) Berlin 512, L) Berlin 495, M) Berlin 
488 
 
 
¶1. (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 represent a 
threat to the German population.   END SUMMARY. 
 
¶2. (SBU)  On June 9, the National Reference Center for 
Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in an 
evening press briefing eleven new laboratory-confirmed cases 
of H1N1 in Germany. One previously confirmed case of H1N1 from 
Baden-Wuerttemberg is now being reviewed as a suspect case, 
RKI said.  According to the institute, five of the infections 
occurred in the US and one in Argentina. One of these 
individuals infected five other people inside Germany with the 
virus.  The new cases were distributed among the federal 
states as follows: Bavaria (6), Thuringia (2), Baden- 
Wuerttemberg (1), Hamburg (1), and Saxony (1). 
 
¶3.  On June 10, RKI confirmed an additional ten new 
laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 in Germany, increasing the 
total number of confirmed cases in Germany to 86. RKI reports 
that five of the new cases occurred in Germany and five in the 
US. 
 
 
Six US Soldiers in Germany Infected with New Flu 
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¶4. (SBU)  The four suspected cases at Landstuhl Regional 
Medical Center (Rhineland-Palatinate) are now confirmed 
positive, making a total of six confirmed cases (REF A). 
German health authorities in Rhineland-Palatinate have been 
notified. All contacts have been surveyed, treated, 
sequestered as appropriate, based on exposure history and are 
reportedly recovering without incident. 
 
 
Epidemic Does Not Represent Threat to German Population 
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¶5. (SBU)  Despite an increase in H1N1 cases in Germany, RKI 
announced that the epidemic in Germany does not yet represent 
a threat to the German population.  However, RKI expects 
further spread of the virus in Germany and advised on its 
website to maintain high standards of personal hygiene at all 
times to prevent infections. 
 
 
Tally of sources 
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¶4. (SBU)  In 51 of the 86 (total, to date) cases, the 
infection occurred in the US, nine cases occurred in Mexico, 
and one each in England, Canada, and Panama and two in 
Argentina. Twenty-one of the infections were transmitted among 
families of Germans who returned from travel, at a hospital, 
and the airport. 
 
 
KOENIG