Add One to Shiga Raising the Total to 236
The total number of infected in Japan currently stands at 236 with 132 in Hyogo, 99 in Osaka and 1 in Shiga prefectures. The first person infected in Shiga prefecture is a young man in his mid twenties. Health officials have not verified how or where he picked up the virus, but are tracking his movement over the past week.
Read More186 Cases By the End of the Day
No huge jump in the number of people infected with the swine flu virus today. But officials estimate that those already infected with the virus have most likely come in contact with over 2900 others. So officials are anxiously awaiting more reports and trying to prepare in the meantime. Local health officials say that the virus symptoms are mild, but that they are preparing for worse situations to try and stay on top of the virus. Businesses and companies are doing their part to help stop the...
Read More173 Swine Flu Patients in Osaka and Kobe
The latest number of people in the Osaka-Kobe area infected with swine flu currently stands at 173, a slightly lower number expected to be reported today thanks to the closing of schools in infected areas. [ad] Those who were reported infected with the virus today are mostly students and classmates of those who attended the volleyball matches last week, while a few separate cases have been reported in Yao city. Masks are currently hard to find in a majority of stores in Osaka and Kobe. If you...
Read More130 Sick with Swine Flu in Osaka and Kobe
The number of infected with swine flu has now risen to 130 in the Osaka and Kobe areas since this morning and is expected to continue rising as more students who were exposed during last week’s volleyball matches surface. If you attended a sporting event with any team from the Osaka or Kobe areas last week, you may want to contact local health authorities to see if others from the event you attended are reporting sick.
Read MoreSwine Flu Virus Infected Stands at 104
The report last night was that 52 people had come down with swine flu since the first reports of anyone having swine flu hit the Kansai region. However, this morning the latest report is that number has doubled. The current number of people infected with the swine flu virus stands at 104 people. Most of the infected are high school students from the Kobe-Osaka area.
Read MoreSwine Flu Hits Kobe and Osaka
The World Health Organization has confirmed that in the past few days the swine flu has gone from a handful of people to 52 cases with the majority being high school students who most likely contracted the virus from others while watching and participating in volleyball matches. School faculty became suspicious after noticing higher than usual numbers of students absent from school with flu-like symptoms and notified public health authorities prior to the weekend. For now, schools in Kobe are...
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