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Viewing cable 09BERLIN989, H1N1 UPDATE: 10,600 CONFIRMED CASES

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09BERLIN989 2009-08-13 07:47 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Berlin 
VZCZCXYZ0000
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHRL #0989 2250747
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 130747Z AUG 09
FM AMEMBASSY BERLIN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4937
INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE
RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0123
RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO 0396
RUEHFT/AMCONSUL FRANKFURT 8226
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE USD FAS WASHINGTON DC 0165
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0830
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 1542
 
UNCLAS BERLIN 000989 
 
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: 10,600 CONFIRMED CASES 
 
REF:  A) Berlin 984, B) Berlin 977 and previous. 
 
1. (U)  SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in 
Germany increased by 445 new cases bringing the total as of 
August 12 to 10,600.  The majority of new infections occurred 
abroad and Germany's hospitals reported an increase in walk-in 
patients concerned that they may be H1N1 positive.  END 
SUMMARY. 
 
2. (U)  At its August 12 press briefing, the National 
Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute 
(RKI) 
confirmed a total of 445 new H1N1 cases (laboratory and non- 
laboratory) in Germany over yesterday.  This increased the 
total number of H1N1 cases in Germany to 10,600.  New cases 
were distributed among the federal states as follows: North 
Rhine-Westphalia (160), Rhineland-Palatinate (67), Bavaria 
(50), Saarland (31), Hesse (30), Hamburg (28), Brandenburg 
(19), Saxony (17), Berlin (15), Thuringia (13), Saxony-Anhalt 
(8), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (5) and Bremen (2). 
 
3. (U)  According to RKI, 345 of the 445 new cases are 
attributed to people returning from travel abroad.  New cases 
also include 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 virus cases with a total of 
3,876, followed by Lower-Saxony (1866) and Baden-Wuerttemberg 
(1014).  About 22 percent (2332) of all confirmed infections 
in Germany have resulted from domestic transmission. 
 
BRADTKE