Nurseries reopen in new flu-affected areas

KOBE, Japan - A father and his child clean their hands with germicide at a nursery school in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 23 after nursery schools and day-care facilities reopened in the prefecture under Japan's new policy to relax restrictions in areas hit by the new strain of influenza. (Kyodo)

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