Schools Randomly Sending Classes Home
School’s out for summer in Japan? No. Summer is over! So why are so many students around the country at home when they should be at school? Has Japan added a new holiday? The H1N1 virus is the culprit. It’s taking its toll on the Japanese students. But who’s complaining? The students aren’t. That’s for sure. What student doesn’t enjoy a day off from school. Week after week, students are getting days off from school. This week it’s the 2nd grade class...
Read MoreSwine Flu in Osaka and Kobe Dropping
The number of individuals becoming infected with the swine flu, H1N1, is dropping and has been on the decline since May 20th according to data taken by the Japan Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry. Doctors are using special kits designed to detect the virus, types A and B. Test results, if done the day symptoms first show up, tend to report patients as negative, while if the same test is done the day after the initial symptoms began, the results come back positive and are more accurate. The...
Read MoreSwine Flu Japan: Only 292 Cases Out of 127,288,416 Japanese
Time Magazine Online writes “In Japan, Swine Flu Spreading Quickly” and states at the beginning of the article: The number of swine flu cases in Japan are escalating with surprising speed, and health officials are not sure why. The Japanese government on Wednesday confirmed the first two cases of the disease in Tokyo, the world’s most populous metropolitan area. Meanwhile, the number of Japanese who have contracted the new flu has more than doubled since May 18 from 130 to...
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...
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