Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Japan's H1N1 flu cases top 200

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Posted: 20 May 2009 1132 hrs
KOBE, Japan - The number of Influenza A (H1N1) infections in Japan rose to 228 (Note: 237 at 16:00 pm) on Wednesday, most of them school students, as the outbreak spread to a third western prefecture, officials said.

The western commercial hub of Kobe remained the worst affected, announcing more than 20 new infections of the A (H1N1) virus among roughly three dozen new cases confirmed in Japan in the morning.

The western prefecture of Shiga became the third locality to confirm a H1N1 flu infection in Japan, with a man in his 20s (Note: a university student), who returned from a weekend trip to Kobe, testing positive for the virus.

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Kyodo news agency earlier reported that 86 per cent of cases detected so far in Japan were between the ages of 10 and 19 -- making it more prevalent among youth in Japan than it is in the United States.:
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