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R 101530Z AUG 09
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E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
SUBJECT: H1N1 UPDATE: 9,770 CONFIRMED CASES 
 
REF:  A) Berlin 962, B) Berlin 937 and previous. 
 
¶1. (U)  SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany 
rose over the week end by 557 to a total of 9,770 on August 
¶10. The majority of new infections occurred abroad.  Berlin 
authorities are taking additional precautionary measures in 
preparation for the 12th IAAF World Athletic Championship which 
begin August 15th in Berlin.   END SUMMARY. 
 
¶2. (U)  At its August 10 press briefing, the National 
Reference 
Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) 
confirmed a total of 557 new (laboratory and non-laboratory) 
H1N1 cases over the week end in Germany.  This increases the 
total number of H1N1 cases to 9,770.  New cases were 
distributed among the federal states: North Rhine-Westphalia 
(218), Lower-Saxony (82), Baden-Wuerttemberg (67), Rhineland- 
Palatinate (52), Hesse (43), Thuringia (23), Bavaria (20), 
Saxony (18), Brandenburg (13), Saxony-Anhalt (9), Bremen (6), 
and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (6). 
 
¶3. (U)  According to RKI, the increase in the number of 
infections is mainly due to people returning from travel 
abroad (437 new cases).  Newly confirmed cases include 
laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 as well as non-laboratory- 
confirmed cases, mainly from people who have showed symptoms 
after being in contact with a patient who has been tested 
positive at a laboratory for the new virus.  So far, all cases 
are reportedly mild. 
 
¶4. (U)  North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) remains the German state 
with the highest number of virus cases among all German states 
with a total of 3,583, followed by Lower-Saxony (1749) and 
Bavaria (833 cases).  About 22 percent (2141) of all confirmed 
infections in Germany have resulted from domestic 
transmission. 
 
 
Police order 400,000 protection masks 
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¶5. (U)  Berlin authorities are taking additional precautionary 
measures In preparation for the 12th IAAF World Athletic 
Championship which begin August 15th in Berlin.  The police 
have ordered 400,000 protection masks for their 23,000 
employees and established a 20 person "pandemic working 
group."  Hotels housing athletes and big shopping malls have 
installed disinfectant dispensers to avoid a further spread of 
the virus. Berlin's Health Senator Katrin Lompscher (The Left) 
and Sport Senator Ehrhard Koerting (SPD) are expected announce 
on August 12th Berlin's plans to deal with any increase of the 
flu during the Championship.  Event organizers expect 2,500 
athletes and as many as 500,000 spectators during the 9-day 
event. 
 
 
BRADTKE