Posted: 20 May 2009 2047 hrs
Train commuters wear masks as a precaution against H1N1 flu in Kobe, western Japan.
TOKYO : Japan's Influenza A (H1N1) flu epidemic spread to the capital Tokyo as a 16-year-old high school girl there tested positive for the virus on Wednesday, the metropolitan administration said.
"The girl lives in the western suburbs of Hachioji and has recently visited the US city of New York," said Toyomi Harada, a spokesman for the city's welfare and health department.
Japanese cases of the (A)H1N1 virus had been concentrated in the western prefectures of Hyogo, Osaka and Shiga with the number rising to 232 on Wednesday. - AFP/ms
From ChannelNewsAsia.com; see the source article here.
Train commuters wear masks as a precaution against H1N1 flu in Kobe, western Japan.TOKYO : Japan's Influenza A (H1N1) flu epidemic spread to the capital Tokyo as a 16-year-old high school girl there tested positive for the virus on Wednesday, the metropolitan administration said.
"The girl lives in the western suburbs of Hachioji and has recently visited the US city of New York," said Toyomi Harada, a spokesman for the city's welfare and health department.
Japanese cases of the (A)H1N1 virus had been concentrated in the western prefectures of Hyogo, Osaka and Shiga with the number rising to 232 on Wednesday. - AFP/ms
From ChannelNewsAsia.com; see the source article here.
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