Japan on high alert as 130 people confirmed infected with new flu

TOKYO, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The total number of cases of A/H1N1 flu infections, both domestic and those contracted abroad, topped 130 in Japan Monday, according to Kyodo News calculations.
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The government task force decided not to upgrade its measures aimed at coping with the spread of the new flu from the current phase 2, which refers to an early stage of domestic outbreak, according to Kyodo News

But the country is facing the risk of large-scale outbreak in its populous cities which could lead the WHO to raise its new flu pandemic alert from the current 5 to the highest level of 6, which means community-level outbreaks in two different WHO regions, experts has warned.

The WHO is launching investigation on the situation in Japan.

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