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Viewing cable 09BERLIN844, GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 737 CONFIRMED CASES

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09BERLIN844 2009-07-13 14:52 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Berlin 
VZCZCXRO5931
RR RUEHAG RUEHAST RUEHDF RUEHDH RUEHHM RUEHLN RUEHLZ RUEHMA RUEHPB
RUEHPOD RUEHSL RUEHTM RUEHTRO
DE RUEHRL #0844 1941452
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 131452Z JUL 09
FM AMEMBASSY BERLIN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4594
INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE
RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0018
RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO 0374
RUEHFT/AMCONSUL FRANKFURT 8097
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE USD FAS WASHINGTON DC 0138
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0792
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 1505
 
UNCLAS BERLIN 000844 
 
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: 737 CONFIRMED CASES 
 
REF:  A) Berlin 839, B) Berlin 828 and previous. 
 
 
1. (SBU)  SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany 
rose by 46 cases to a total of 737 on July 13.  Majority of 
new infections occurred abroad.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2. (SBU)  The National Reference Center for Influenza at the 
Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced in its press briefing 
July 13 a total of 46 new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1. 
This increases the total number of virus cases in Germany to 
737.   New cases were distributed among the federal states as 
follows: Lower-Saxony (16), Schleswig-Holstein (7), Bavaria 
(6), North Rhine-Westphalia (3), Baden-Wuerttemberg (3), 
Berlin (3), Rhineland-Palatinate (2), Hesse (2), Saxony (2), 
Bremen (1), and Saarland (1).  RKI reports that 25 of the 46 
newly confirmed virus cases occurred abroad, mainly from 
travel to Spain.  In the majority of all cases, the course of 
the virus is reportedly mild. 
 
3. (SBU)  North Rhine-Westphalia remains the state with the 
highest number of virus cases among all German states with a 
total of 318, followed by Baden-Wuerttemberg (97) and Bavaria 
(93 cases).  Over half (402) of all confirmed infections in 
Germany have resulted from domestic transmission. 
 
 
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