Fear of new flu outbreak grips Kansai region

OSAKA, Japan - A sign at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on May 17 asks spectators at a professional baseball game to refrain from releasing balloons -- a popular practice in Japanese ballparks -- for fear of spreading of the new strain of influenza A through saliva. More than 20 people including students in Osaka and neighboring Hyogo Prefecture have been confirmed as infected with the new flu. (Kyodo)

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