Japan confirms 16 new swine flu cases
2:29PM Sunday May 17, 2009
TOKYO - Japan's health ministry says 16 more cases of swine flu have been confirmed. The country's tally is now at 21.
The Health and Welfare Ministry says the 16 are teenagers at several high schools in the western prefectures of Hyogo and Osaka.
The ministry said ON Sunday that the patients all tested positive for the H1N1 virus the day before and are recovering at local hospitals,
Japan on Saturday confirmed its first domestic case of swine flu. Japan's first four cases were contracted outside the country.
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Posted by Treyfish at 11:18 PM
TOKYO, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The number of domestic infections cases of influenza A/H1N1 in Japan hit 40 on Sunday after a total of 32 people in Osaka and Hyogo prefectures were confirmed to have been infected.
The total number of the infection in the country now stands at 44, including the first four cases contracted abroad.
The country is now facing the risk of grass-root outbreak which could lead the WHO to raise its new flu pandemic alert to the highest level of 6 from the current 5, experts has warned.
The 32 newly confirmed domestic cases, nine in Osaka and 23 in Hyogo, included high school students, college students and teachers, the health ministry and local governments said Sunday.
Japan on Saturday confirmed the first eight cases of domestic infection on students of a Kobe high school. The later confirmed cases in Osaka are said to have contacted the Kobe students in a volleyball match.
All of the 40 people had no record of overseas travel.
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