Ministry says 20% of Japan population could contract new flu

Ministry says 20% of Japan population could contract new flu

TOKYO, Japan - Kensuke Nakajima (L), head of the infectious disease information section at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, speaks about the ministry's estimation of the number of people who could be infected with the new H1N1 strain of influenza A during a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 18. The ministry said it expects about 25 million people, or some 20 percent of the population in Japan, to become infected with the new flu. (Kyodo)

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