Schweinegrippe: Drei bestätigte Fälle - (three confirmed cases)

In Deutschland gibt es nach Angaben des Robert-Koch-Instituts inzwischen drei bestätigte Erkrankungsfälle mit dem neuen Schweinegrippe-Virus. Dies teilte das Bundesinstitut in Berlin mit.

(According to the Robert-Koch-Institute there are now three confirmed swine flu cases in Germany.)

Yes. Even though Bild is the worst tabloid paper you can find, the headline news are correct.

All three people were returning form Mexico (which is a little better news as the cases are still imported and not being infected locally via H2H, but that will not take long).

22 year old women Mexico traveller, confirmed
37 year old women Mexico traveller, confirmed
end 30 year old man (? probable) Mexico traveller, confirmed

Aditional suspect cases elsewhere. Airport Munich is preparing for screening and ifnecessary quarantine for flights from Mexico. (too late guys)


Only German:
http://www.welt.de/wissenschaft/art...eutschland.html

Erstmals sind in Deutschland Menschen an Schweinegrippe erkrankt. Das teilte das Robert-Koch-Institut in Berlin mit. Das zuerst in Mexiko aufgetretene Virus A/H1N1 sei bei einer 22 Jahre alten Frau nachgewiesen worden, die nach einer Mexikoreise mit Influenza-ähnlichen Symptomen in Hamburg ins Krankenhaus gekommen war. Die erste Labordiagnose sei im Bernhard-Nocht-Institut in Hamburg erstellt worden.

Der zweite Fall ist nach Angaben des RKI ein Mann Ende 30, der in der Universitätsklinik Regensburg behandelt wird. Ein dritter Fall wurde demnach aus Kulmbach bestätigt. Dabei handele es sich um eine 37-jährige Frau. Auch hier sei die erste Diagnose an der Universität Regensburg gestellt worden. Bei den Betroffenen handle es sich um Mexiko-Rückkehrer.

I'm living at 5 km of the German Border, I know Bild ist Scheisse

Nevertheless:
Schon drei Fälle in Deutschland

Die Schweinegrippe ist angekommen. In Deutschland gibt es nach Angaben des Robert-Koch-Instituts inzwischen drei bestätigte Erkrankungsfälle.
Nach Angaben des bayerischen Gesundheitsministeriums hat sich der Verdacht bei einem Patienten aus der Nähe von Regensburg bestätigt. Dies hätten Untersuchungen des Robert-Koch-Instituts ergeben.
Der Schweinegrippe-Patient (Ende 30) aus dem Raum Regensburg sei zuerst im Krankenhaus von Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg (Landkreis Straubing-Bogen) behandelt worden und dann am Dienstag ins Universitätsklinikum in Regensburg verlegt worden, sagte ein Sprecher der Regierung der Oberpfalz.

Das zuerst in Mexiko aufgetretene Virus sei ebenfalls bei einer 22 Jahre alten Frau nachgewiesen worden, die nach einer Mexikoreise mit Influenza-ähnlichen Symptomen in Hamburg ins Krankenhaus gekommen war.

Der dritte Fall wird aus Kulmbach bestätigt. Dabei handele es sich um eine 37-jährige Frau, ebenfalls nach einer Mexikoreise. Auch hier sei die erste Diagnose an der Universität Regensburg gestellt worden.

Unterdessen bereitet sich der Münchner Flughafen auf die Ankunft eines Flugzeuges aus Mexiko vor, das gegen Mittag erwartet wird.
Der Airbus 330 mit Platz für 275 Passagiere kommt aus Cancun und soll um 12 Uhr landen. Sollten an Bord des Fluges LT 1415 Reisende mit verdächtigen Symptomen sein, wird die Maschine an eine isolierte Abstellposition geleitet. Betroffene sollen dann je nach Ergebnis ärztlicher Untersuchungen in eine Isolierstation gebracht werden.
(Planes coming from Mexico will land on an isolated runway, and all passengers will be checked)

Auch in Hamburg sind sich Virologen im Fall einer jungen Frau, die am Wochenende aus Mexiko eintraf, bereits so gut wie sicher, dass es sich um das Schweinegrippe-Virus handelt.
(fourth suspect 'very likely' has swine flu)

„Sie passt in das Raster", und der Verdacht auf Schweinegrippe sei „hochgradig", sagte Stephan Günther, Leiter der Virologie des Bernhard-Nocht-Instituts (BNI), der „Financial Times Deutschland“. Das endgültige Testergebnis soll am Mittag bekannt gegeben werden.

<snip>

??? One women in Hamburg was already confirmed. I do not trust Bild to be able to count 1 2 3 4 correctly, sorry.

Forth case now confirmed in Germany, a woman that already recovered. Not an imported case, so it is H2H in Germany too.
Three in Bavaria, one in Hamburg: four cases in total so far.
rki (Robert Koch institute, our little CDC equivalent) holds a press briefing daily even through the public holidays.

6 cases in Germany.
The nurse (case 4) and a patient (case 5) in the same room from a mexico traveller (one of the first three imported cases) and one more.
So we have H2 Two H currently.

Informationen zur Neuen Grippe (Influenza)

www.rki.de/

05.05.2009, 11:00 Uhr Das Nationale Referenzzentrum für Influenza am Robert Koch-Institut hat am Abend des 4.5.2009 einen weiteren Fall der neuen Grippe (Influenza A/H1N1) bestätigt. Es handelt sich um einen Mexiko-Rückkehrer aus Sachsen-Anhalt. Damit erhöht sich die Zahl der in Deutschland bestätigten Fälle auf neun. Zuletzt waren am 3. 5.2009 zwei Fälle in Brandenburg bestätigt worden - ein Ehepaar, das ebenfalls aus Mexiko zurückgekommen war. Für Deutschland wird derzeit eine gewisse Stabilisierung gesehen, aber nach wie vor kann keine Entwarnung gegeben werden. Mit weiteren Erkrankungen in Deutschland muss gerechnet werden.

One more confirmed case. Someone returning from Mexico to Sachsen-Anhalt. Total confirmed cases: 9

"All quiet in the Doctors office"

Quick translation from Berlin. Normally there are 1 or 2 cases of flu per month at this time of the year. He is seeing 1 or 2 patients a day who come in wondering if they have swine flu (other viral illnesses were diagnosed).

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Berlin - Die Schweinegrippe ist noch nicht in Berlin angekommen. Entsprechend entspannt geben sich Berlins Ärzte: Zwar müssten Verdachtsfälle den Gesundheitsämtern gemeldet und dann Proben untersucht werden. Die Hygienemaßnahmen seien dieselben wie bei einer normalen Grippe, sagte Thomas Schneider, Infektologe am Benjamin-Franklin-Klinikum. Patienten werden isoliert behandelt, Mitarbeiter tragen Mundschutz.

Auf den ersten Blick sei die Schweinegrippe nicht von normaler Grippe zu unterscheiden. Monatlich ein bis zwei Fälle normaler Grippe kämen auch zu dieser Jahreszeit im Klinikum vor. Seit Ausbruch der Schweinegrippe in Mexiko sei jedoch kein Fall aufgetreten. „Pro Tag erkundigen sich momentan ein oder zwei Patienten, ob bei ihnen ein Verdacht auf Schweinegrippe bestehen könnte“, so Schneider. Bei allen wurden andere virale Erkrankungen diagnostiziert.

Welcome aboard, LJay, and thanks for posting the news!!


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There is suspicion of two further in-country virus transmission. Tje ninth case from Sachsen-Anhalt with a so-called mild infection may have infected two other persons in his personal environment. This is reported by local newspaper.

HAZ

A third is suspected in Baden-Württemberg, Reutlingen

/www.rp-online.de/public/article/panorama/deutschland/704744/Drei-neue-Verdachtsfaelle-in-Deutschland.html

From Veratect Twitter

Germany, Bavaria, Ebersberg County: One New Case of Influenza A (H1N1) Confirmed Bringing National Case Count to Eleven

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From Veratect Twitter

Germany: Health officials confirm a total of 12 influenza A (H1N1) cases nationwide.

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The 12th case: 27 yr women who had treated a patient with breathing problems in a mexican hospital.


Es handelt sich um eine 27-jährige Frau aus Bayern. Die Frau hatte zuvor in einem Mexikanischen Krankenhaus Patienten mit Atemwegsymptomen behandelt. Es müsse mit weiteren Erkrankungen gerechnet werden, jedoch führte das Virus bei keinem der Infizierten zu “schweren Verläufen”.

Desweiteren bestehe für die Bevölkerung, nach wie vor, keine “allgemein Gefährdung”

Quelle: rp-online.de

credits German-doctor

Stage 6 coming closer .

Tourist dies, possibly of swine flu

By: BangkokPost.com

Published: 19/05/2009

A German woman who was under close watch for possible swine flu infection after she arrived in Thailand has died, Public Health spokesperson Suphan Srithamma said on Tuesday.

A lab test would reveal within 24 hours whether she died of swine flu, Dr Suphan said.

The 59-year-old woman, whose name has been withheld, arrived in Thailand from Germany. She was staying in Prachuap Khiri Khan province and was admitted to a private hospital on May 12. She died on Monday.

According to chief of Bureau of Epidemiology Dr Passakorn Akrasaewee, the woman suffered pneumonia, had high fever and had difficulty in breathing before she was admitted to the hospital.

"There are several reasons that lead to pneumonia, but the swine H1N1 flu virus is among the possible causes," Dr Passakorn said.

She was visiting Thailand with her husband and a child.

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=105039

Dead German tourist tests positive for swine flu - Update

Tue, 19 May 2009

Bangkok - A 59-year-old German tourist who died of flu-like symptoms at a Thai beach resort was initially tested positive for H1N1 at a lab in Bangkok, but authorities are awaiting further tests before confirming the country's possible first swine-flu fatality.

Police Lieutenant General Somyot Deemak, head of the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the Police General Hospital, said their lab had detected H1N1 in the woman's body fluids.

He said further tests will be conducted at the Public Health Ministry, with an official announcement of the results expected soon.

The German woman arrived in Thailand, on May 12, showing no flu symptoms, and drove to Hua Hin resort, 130 kilometres south-west of Bangkok, with her husband and their child, Health Ministry Deputy Permanent Secretary Paichit Walachit said.

On Saturday, she was admitted to Hua Hin Hospital, suffering from a pneumonia and fever. She died Monday night, Paichit said.
Her body was sent to the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the Police General Hospital in Bangkok for autopsy to determine if she was infected with H1N1.
Thailand has reported two confirmed cases of H1N1, both Thai nationals who had recently visited Mexico. Both fully recovered after receiving anti-influenza drugs.

There are eight other people still in quarantine at Thai hospitals under observation for suspected swine flu.

Thailand has imposed a host of preventative measures against the spread of H1N1, including the use of heat-seeking devices at the country's main international airports to detect arrivals suffering from fever.

The country has a stockpile of 1.32 million tablets of oseltamivir and the Health Ministry set aside a special budget to buy enough raw materials to produce locally another 2 million tablets.

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/...u--update.html#

Tourist died of pneumonia, not swine flu

By: BangkokPost.com and AFP

Published: 19/05/2009 at 02:17 PM

Lab tests confirm that a German tourist who died in Thailand while under surveillance for suspected swine flu was not infected with the A(H1N1) virus, a public health ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.

She was put under surveillance on Saturday and she died on Monday night on her way to a Bangkok hospital from the coastal resort of Hua Hin, spokesman Suphan Srithamma said.

The results of laboratory tests to confirm whether she had the virus were known on Wednesday evening.

Deputy Public Health Minister Manit Nopamornbodee confirmed that the tests showed that the woman died from pneumonia and ordinary flu.

The woman had arrived in Thailand with her partner and went to Hua Hin last Tuesday. She came down with flu-like symptoms a few days later, he said. She was admitted to hospital.

Thailand has confirmed two cases of swine flu so far, both Thai nationals who caught the virus in Mexico. Both are now fully recovered, according to health officials.

The health ministry said 21 people were currently under surveillance for suspected swine flu.

The dead woman's body was being kept at the Police General Hospital in Bangkok. The 14 medical staff who had worked on her body were briefly held in quarantine then released after the swine flu tests on the woman's body proved negative.

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http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/loc...-swine-flu-dies

A woman in Düsseldorf is the 15 th confirmed swine flu case for Germany. Her two children may also be infected. Nothing is said about the father re an infection. Results on them are pending. The family returned from a visit to New York with no symptoms showing on their return May 15 th.

HAZ

Husband and one child of the Düsseldorf case are also confirmed H1N1 positive. The second child does not display any symptoms. The patients are isolated in a hospital. Contacts are traced and the sick child`s kindergarden will be closed for one week.

It will be interesting to see whether there is any spread into the community, e.g. the kindergarden, work contacts.
Now Germany has a total of 17 confirmed cases.

HAZ

German man in Egypt with swine flu symptoms


• The authorities in Egypt’s Red Sea Governorate have hospitalised a German tourist who had arrived at Hurghada airport in the area with swine flu-like symptoms, according to a local newspaper. The man said he had visited a pig farm 10 days earlier in Germany. Medical samples have been sent to laboratories in Cairo for testing.

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=84539


The follow-up would be interesting if the man is indeed confirmed H1N1 positive. Could he have been infected by the pigs? Or is swine influenza presently circulating in a German pig herd? Questions, no answers.

2 more H1N1 infections in Germany. One in a toddler who returned from the US and a probable case in a man from Baden-Würtemberg.

http://www.rki.de/cln_100/nn_200120..._Situation.html

A young Norwegian who travelled from the USA to Düsseldorf is Germany`s twentieth H1N1 case. One case is still highly probable.

http://www.rki.de/

Germany confirms its 21st H1N1 infection in a Cologne student who returned from a trip to New York.

A 47 year old businessman who also travelled to New York is a highly probable case. He is also confirmed.*

Two maybe three university students who toured the US with their professor are also suspected to have contracted swine flu. Final confirmation on these cases is awaited from the Robert Koch Institute.

A marine aboard the frigate Sachsen returning from Halifax (Canada) came down with influenza-like illness. H1N1 confirmation is pending. Apparently all marines on board were tamiflued.
(All persons are recovering. Their contacts are observed or in contact with physicians.)

SPIEGEL

*HAZ

Over the weekend more swine flu cases were detected in Germany. The presumably latest case is that of a four year old Lower Saxony boy (East Frisia) who travelled with his parents in New Mexico USA. It will be Germany`s 30th case. So far 6 in-country transmissions were reported. Mostly family contacts and one healthcareworker.

HAZ

The RkI confirmed 6 more H1N1 infections. Lower Saxony confirmed an additional case in a student returning from the USA. One of the confirmed cases contracted his infection in England. So England might become an inner- European transmission hotspot with all the travelling going on and about to resume with the summer vacation to start in the latter part of June. Germany`s momentary total is 38 official cases.

Germany has another case of confirmed swine flu in Bavaria. Interestingly the two cases from Lower Saxony are not mentioned on the RKI webpage. Whatever that means I do not know.

http://www.rki.de/

According to local media Germany has 8 to 10 new swine flu cases. Each state announces its infection numbers separately and then obviously later on to the RKI. So there is a central information back lag.
The total should be ~ 61 cases if the two US soldiers stationed in Landshut will includedin the total count. Some more soldiers are under investigation.

credits German-doctor

With now twenty cases in Bavaria the German tally should be 72 cases

More swine flu cases in Germany.
In Düsseldorf three members of a Japanese family got infected and a woman in the Hunsrück area. So the momentary German tally should be 82 cases. More are expected.

A swine flu cluster in Cologne. The index case is a 13 year old high school student. Three of her friends also have swine flu. I do not link to the paper. I think at the end of the day the RKI will provide robust information on these cases.

source: bild.de

One more German case suspected in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. tally: ~83

Ostseezeitung

Situation assessment to the new influenza

Stand 10.06.2009

In Germany there are 10 more new cases of influenza (influenza A/H1N1) has been confirmed, including five people who are infected in Germany.

The total number since 29.4.2009 confirmed cases in Germany amounts to 86, the majority of cases (51) were introduced from the United States, 21 people infected in Germany.

The 86 cases are distributed as follows among the German states: Bavaria (22), North Rhine-Westphalia (21), Baden-Württemberg (11), Hesse (8), Thuringia (6), Saxony-Anhalt (5), Hamburg (5 ), Lower Saxony (3), Brandenburg (2), Saxony (2), Rhineland-Palatinate (1). In general, the mild disease course in Germany.

For Germany, complacency can not be given with other diseases to be expected. It must, above all, the international situation in the eye to the future to new developments quickly and to react properly.

More:

http://www.rki.de/cln_100/nn_200120..._Situation.html

The Meck-Pomm case and a Slesvig-Holstein have not been confirmed yet.

tally ~88

Ten more cases of swine flu influenza in Düsseldorf, North-Rhine Westfalia. Eight classmates of two Japanese children who attend the Japanese school in Niederkassel have SWF. The two other cases travelled in California.

The total of swine flu cases in Germany should approach one hundred cases. In Munich Bavaria two children have also been reported to be infected.


Japanische Schule geschlossen
Zehn neue Schweinegrippe-Fälle
zuletzt aktualisiert: 10.06.2009 - 16:38

Düsseldorf (RPO) In Düsseldorf gibt es zehn neue Erkrankungsfälle der Schweinegrippe. Bei den Infizierten handle es sich um Schüler aus Niederkassel und zwei Kalifornien-Urlauber. Das teilte die Stadt am Mittwoch mit.


RP online

Nearly 30 children in Düsseldorf have pig flu


Dusseldorf (AP) Nearly 30 children of the Japanese School in Duesseldorf are to pig flu sick. Like the city announced were 26 students on Wednesday a positive effect on the virus type A/H1N1 tested. Already on Monday was a child in the pig flu have been recorded. The school was already out on Tuesday have been a precaution.

The newly tested positive children from different classes. The affected families are under Japanese domestic quarantine, as the city continues announced. The health authority had contacted the families and conduct the necessary measures informed. Currently, the possible contact persons identified and, where appropriate, samples were taken.

The city wanted on (tomorrow) Thursday at a press conference further information on the new cases.

http://de.news.yahoo.com/1/20090610...hw-1be00ca.html

60 kids in the Japanese school with H1N1.

In Düsseldorf wurden acht weitere japanische Schüler positiv auf den Erreger A (H1N1) getestet, wie das Gesundheitsamt der Landeshauptstadt mitteilte. Insgesamt sind damit 60 Kinder der Japanischen Schule erkrankt.

http://de.news.yahoo.com/2/20090614...ts-c1b2fc3.html

Below, world wide graph showing exponential rise in cases. How many more weeks until it peaks?

http://d.yimg.com/i/ng/ne/afp/20090...deutschland.jpg