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Viewing cable 09BERLIN795, GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 429 CONFIRMED CASES

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09BERLIN795 2009-07-01 14:48 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Berlin 
VZCZCXRO3822
RR RUEHAG RUEHAST RUEHDF RUEHDH RUEHHM RUEHLN RUEHLZ RUEHMA RUEHPB
RUEHPOD RUEHSL RUEHTM RUEHTRO
DE RUEHRL #0795 1821448
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 011448Z JUL 09
FM AMEMBASSY BERLIN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4505
INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE
RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 9982
RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO 0366
RUEHFT/AMCONSUL FRANKFURT 8085
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE USD FAS WASHINGTON DC 0129
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0781
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 1497
 
UNCLAS BERLIN 000795 
 
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: 429 CONFIRMED CASES 
 
REF:  A) Berlin 783, B) Berlin 781 and previous. 
 
1. (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 subtracted one 
previously confirmed case.  This net increase of twelve cases brings 
the total to 429. One H1N1 infection previously confirmed in Hesse 
was rescinded.  New cases were distributed among the federal states 
as follows: Hesse (-1), North Rhine-Westphalia (4), Lower-Saxony 
(3), Bavaria (2), Thuringia (2), Saxony (1), and Baden-W|rttemberg 
(1). 
 
3. (SBU)  North Rhine-Westphalia remains the state showing the 
highest number of infections among all German states with 197 
confirmed cases, followed by Baden-Wuerttemberg (65) and Bavaria (59 
cases).  The Federal State of Saarland remains the only state 
without confirmed virus cases.  The number of confirmed virus 
infections resulting from domestic transmission increased by 5 
bringing the total up to 235. 
 
KOENIG