(2)Japan faces serious blood supply shortage after mad cow warning

(2)Japan faces serious blood supply shortage after mad cow warning

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Hidehisa Otsuji urge people to donate blood in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on April 9. Japan is facing an unprecedented shortage of blood supplies and may see them outstripped by demand possibly next week, following a proposed stricter blood donation ban on people who visited Britain due to fears about mad cow disease.

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