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Viewing cable 09BERLIN984, H1N1 UPDATE: 10,155 CONFIRMED CASES

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09BERLIN984 2009-08-11 14:05 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Berlin 
VZCZCXRO9653
RR RUEHAG RUEHAST RUEHDF RUEHDH RUEHHM RUEHLN RUEHLZ RUEHMA RUEHPB
RUEHPOD RUEHSL RUEHTM RUEHTRO
DE RUEHRL #0984 2231405
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 111405Z AUG 09
FM AMEMBASSY BERLIN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4925
INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE
RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0118
RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO 0395
RUEHFT/AMCONSUL FRANKFURT 8225
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE USD FAS WASHINGTON DC 0164
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0829
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 1541
 
UNCLAS BERLIN 000984 
 
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: H1N1 UPDATE: 10,155 CONFIRMED CASES 
 
REF:  A) Berlin 977, B) Berlin 962 and previous. 
 
1. (U)  SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 infections in Germany 
crossed the 10,000 mark as 385 new cases were confirmed on 
August 11 -- increasing the total to 10,155 cases.  The 
majority of new infections occurred abroad.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2. (U)  On August 11, the National Reference Center for 
Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed an 
increase of 385 new laboratory and non-laboratory H1N1 cases 
in Germany over yesterday.  New cases were distributed as 
follows among the federal states: North Rhine-Westphalia 
(133), Lower Saxony (117), Baden-Wuerttemberg (45), Bavaria 
(40), Berlin (21), Hamburg (21), Saxony-Anhalt (7) and Bremen 
(1). 
3. (U)  According to RKI, 294 of the 385 new cases are 
attributed to people returning from travel abroad.  New cases 
include also non-laboratory H1N1 cases from people who 
exhibited symptoms after being in contact with a laboratory 
confirmed infected person.  So far, all new cases are 
reportedly mild. 
4. (U)  North Rhine-Westphalia remains the German state with 
the highest number of confirmed H1N1 cases with a total of 
3,716 cases followed by Lower-Saxony (1866) and Baden- 
Wuerttemberg (1014).  About 22 percent (2232) of all confirmed 
infections in Germany have resulted from domestic 
transmission. 
 
 
NRW against extension of school break 
------------------------------------- 
 
5. (U)  A medical expert commission in NRW decided today 
not/not to change first day of school scheduled to begin on 
August 17.  Experts had previously contemplated an extension 
of summer break in an attempt to prevent further spread of the 
virus (ref B).   The new school year has already begun in 
Bremen, Lower-Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.  The 
federal states of Hesse and Baden-Wuerttemberg are still 
considering extending the summer break. 
 
BRADTKE