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Viewing cable 09BERLIN783, GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 417 CONFIRMED CASES

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09BERLIN783 2009-06-30 13:11 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Berlin 
VZCZCXRO2415
RR RUEHAG RUEHAST RUEHDF RUEHDH RUEHHM RUEHLN RUEHLZ RUEHMA RUEHPB
RUEHPOD RUEHSL RUEHTM RUEHTRO
DE RUEHRL #0783 1811311
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 301311Z JUN 09
FM AMEMBASSY BERLIN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4477
INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE
RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 9971
RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO 0365
RUEHFT/AMCONSUL FRANKFURT 8081
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE USD FAS WASHINGTON DC 0126
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0777
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 1496
 
UNCLAS BERLIN 000783 
 
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: 417 CONFIRMED CASES 
 
REF:  A) Berlin 781, B) Berlin 775 and previous. 
 
1. (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 
increases the number of confirmed cases in Germany to a total 
of 417.  New cases were distributed among the federal states 
as follows: North Rhine-Westphalia (20), Baden-Wrttemberg 
(4), Hesse (3), Schleswig-Holstein (1) and Bavaria (1). 
3. (SBU)  North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) remains the state 
showing the highest number of infections among all German 
states with 193 confirmed cases, followed by Baden- 
Wuerttemberg (64) and Bavaria (57 cases).  The Federal State 
of Saarland remains the only state without confirmed virus 
cases.  Over half of all confirmed infections in Germany 
resulted from domestic transmission. To date, this number sits 
at a total of 230. 
 
 
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