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Viewing cable 09BERLIN828, GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 641 CONFIRMED CASES

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09BERLIN828 2009-07-09 13:15 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Berlin 
VZCZCXRO0204
RR RUEHAG RUEHAST RUEHDF RUEHDH RUEHHM RUEHLN RUEHLZ RUEHMA RUEHPB
RUEHPOD RUEHSL RUEHTM RUEHTRO
DE RUEHRL #0828 1901315
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 091315Z JUL 09
FM AMEMBASSY BERLIN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4567
INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE
RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0012
RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO 0372
RUEHFT/AMCONSUL FRANKFURT 8091
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE USD FAS WASHINGTON DC 0136
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0789
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 1503
 
UNCLAS BERLIN 000828 
 
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: 641 CONFIRMED CASES 
 
REF:  A) Berlin 819, B) Berlin 817 and previous. 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 
50 cases to a total of 641 on July 9.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2. (SBU) The National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert 
Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing July 9 a total 
of 50 new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1.  This increases the 
total number of virus cases in Germany to 641.   New cases were 
distributed among the federal states as follows: North Rhine 
Westphalia (17), Baden-Wuerttemberg (2), Bavaria (1), Berlin (5), 
Hamburg (1), Hesse (2), Lower-Saxony (15), Rhineland-Palatinate (5), 
and Saxony (2). 
 
3. (SBU)  North Rhine-Westphalia remains the state with the highest 
number of virus cases among all German states with a total of 307, 
followed by Baden-Wuerttemberg (86) and Bavaria (67 cases).  The 
Federal State of Saarland remains the only state without confirmed 
virus cases.  Over half (369) of all confirmed infections in Germany 
have resulted from domestic transmission. 
 
KOENIG