Passengers scramble to buy masks at airport

NARITA, Japan - A traveler buys a face mask at a drugstore at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, on April 27 following reports on swine flu infection in Mexico, the United States and Canada. A drugstore manager said sales of the masks are about 30 percent higher than usual.

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