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Viewing cable 09BERLIN852, GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 763 CONFIRMED CASES

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09BERLIN852 2009-07-15 05:37 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Berlin
VZCZCXRO7508
RR RUEHAG RUEHAST RUEHDF RUEHDH RUEHHM RUEHLN RUEHLZ RUEHMA RUEHPB
RUEHPOD RUEHSL RUEHTM RUEHTRO
DE RUEHRL #0852 1960537
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 150537Z JUL 09
FM AMEMBASSY BERLIN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4612
INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE
RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0026
RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO 0377
RUEHFT/AMCONSUL FRANKFURT 8102
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE USD FAS WASHINGTON DC 0141
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0795
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 1508
UNCLAS BERLIN 000852 
 
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: 763 CONFIRMED CASES 
 
REF:  A) Berlin 844, B) Berlin 839 and previous. 
 
1. (SBU)  SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany 
rose by 26 cases to a total of 763 on July 14.  Seven federal 
states reported new cases.  The 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 14 a total of 26 new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1. 
This increases the total number of virus cases in Germany to 
763.   New cases were distributed among seven federal states: 
Baden-Wuerttemberg (5), Lower-Saxony (13), Saxony-Anhalt (2), 
Thuringia (3) Hamburg (1), Rhineland-Palatinate (1) and Hesse 
(1).  RKI reports that 23 of the 26 newly confirmed virus 
cases occurred abroad, mainly from travel to Spain/Mallorca. 
The majority of all cases display mild symptoms. 
 
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 (102) and Bavaria 
(93 cases).  Over half (405) of all confirmed infections in 
Germany have resulted from domestic transmission. 
 
 
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