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R 221539Z JUN 09
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UNCLAS BERLIN 000747 
 
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STATE FOR OES/IHB 
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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: 278 CONFIRMED CASES 
 
REF:  A) Berlin 744, B) Berlin 735 and previous. 
 
 
¶1. (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 Institute (RKI) announced in its 
press briefing 27 new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 for 
Germany.  This increases the total number of confirmed cases 
in Germany to 278 (Refs A, B and previous).  The new cases 
were distributed among the federal states as follows: North 
Rhine-Westphalia (11), Baden-Wuerttemberg (5), Lower Saxony 
(4), Bavaria (3), Thuringia (2), Saxony (1), and Berlin (1). 
 
 
Fourth Confirmed Case in Berlin 
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¶3. (SBU) On June 22, RKI confirmed one additional case of H1N1 
in Berlin, raising the total number of confirmed infections in 
the city to four.  According to the media, a 36-year old 
female tested positive for the virus. She reportedly had not 
traveled outside the country recently. Media reports indicate 
that the woman showed light flu symptoms and has been put 
under quarantine at home. 
 
 
North Rhine-Westphalia shows further hike in infections 
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¶4. (SBU) Eleven of the 27 newly confirmed cases reported today 
occurred in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).  NRW remains the 
state showing the highest number of infections among all the 
German states with 133 confirmed cases, followed by Bavaria 
(39 cases) and Baden-Wuerttemberg (31 cases).  The Federal 
State of Saarland remains the only state without confirmed 
virus cases.  The number of confirmed infections resulting 
from domestic transmission of the virus now sits at 140. 
 
¶5. (SBU) Health officials of NRW told CONS Duesseldorf that 
the new cases reported in NRW include at least three high 
school students in Cologne and Bergisch-Gladbach and two grade 
school students in Leverkusen.  The Japanese school in 
Duesseldorf that was closed two weeks ago due to confirmed 
H1N1 cases among its students will remain closed for today, 
but is expected to reopen tomorrow. 
 
 
KOENIG