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I saw this on TV just a minute ago then i searched for it internet
Japan has now 80 confirmed cases of AH1N1 Virus
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Here's what I've got on the internet
Japan's H1N1 cases soar to 80, forces school closures
Japan confirmed Sunday a total of 80 cases of the new flu, most of them high school students and teachers, amid fears hundreds have been infected, a media report said.
A Kyodo news agency reported that new flu infections hit 80 on Sunday after a total of 72 high school and college students as well as teachers and others in Osaka and Hyogo prefectures were confirmed to have been infected with the new strain of influenza A (H1N1).
Osaka governor Toru Hashimoto requested the temporary closure of all public and private schools, kindergartens, child care centres and day care institutions for the elderly at three cities in the prefecture, where cases of the new type of influenza have been confirmed.
The schools include all schools in Ibaraki, Toyonaka and Suita in the prefecture. Prefectural-run indoor facilities also will be shut. Private facilities where large numbers of people gather, such as movie theaters and sports facilities, will be asked to suspend operations. Events and functions organised by the prefectural government will be canceled.
In addition, the governor plans to ask the schools and kindergartens to keep tabs on the health of their students.
The measures, which are aimed at curtailing the spread of the infection, are expected to run from Sunday through Saturday, in principle.
After Kobe high school students were found to be infected with the new flu, the Kitakyushu Board of Education decided to ask 911 students and 69 teachers who have been staying in Kobe on school excursions since Tuesday not to attend school for seven days.
The suspension applies to eight municipally-run schools in Kitakyushu and is based on a law governing security and safety at schools. The measure will commence on the last day of their stay in Kobe.
Health officials suspect the infection spread through contacts at volleyball matches.
Eight students from two Kobe high schools who have not been abroad recently were confirmed to be infected with the new flu Saturday, while infection of a group of students from a high school in Osaka Prefecture was confirmed Sunday.
Among the eight from the Kobe high schools, five were members of a volleyball team. For that reason, the Kobe municipal government believed contact among the students at the site of a volleyball match led to the infection's spread, and officials have begun an investigation.
Japan's first domestic outbreak was confirmed among three students who attend the Hyogo prefectural government-run Kobe High School. One is a 17-year-old male senior who is a member of the volleyball team. Similarly, among the five female students who attend the prefectural government-run Hyogo High School who also were confirmed to have the new flu Saturday, four were volleyball team members.
On May 8, Kobe High School hosted a volleyball match against Hyogo High School. On May 10, Kobe High School also competed in a volleyball match against another prefectural-run high school, in Takasago in the prefecture.
On Saturday, two male and one female volleyball team members of the high school in Takasago tested positive for Type A influenza. Seiichi Sakurai, head of the Kobe Public Health and Welfare Bureau, said at a press conference: "We weren't able to confirm (if the cases involve the new strain of influenza). However, it can be presumed the student flu infections are due to close contact during the [volleyball] match."
Last Monday, 32 Kobe High School students were absent from classes--a figure slightly higher than usual--and several of those students were diagnosed with influenza. Noticing something amiss, the school authorities consulted with the public health center Tuesday.
As of Friday, 52 students had been absent from school through the course of the week, and it remains unclear whether the new flu is to blame. However, the number of students that doctors diagnosed with influenza rose to more than 10.
Meanwhile, students who attend a privately run high school in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, were confirmed Sunday to have been infected with the new flu.
As the Ibaraki high school continued to record absentees over the past few days, the school decided on measures including closing the school for second-year students. However, an Osaka prefectural government official in charge of implementing measures to combat the new flu only figured out the scale of the problem Saturday afternoon.
On Saturday, more than 80 students had been reportedly absent from the school. At a press conference Saturday night held by the Osaka prefectural government, reporters questioned whether the government official in charge of efforts to combat the new flu strain should have recognized the problem much earlier.
The government official responded by saying, "(Our response) couldn't be helped as the national government's definition [for the new flu] doesn't include this contingency as the infected students have no recent history of overseas travel."
On Sunday, the Osaka prefectural government began tracing the infected students' contacts and the details of their recent movements. At its affiliated middle school, preliminary tests will be conducted on students who report flu symptoms and are absent from school.
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