Japan calls on public for alert, composure over swine flu

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura speaks about the launch of a government task force to tackle swine flu at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 28. The task force, headed by Prime Minister Taro Aso, was set up following the World Health Organization's upgrading of its alert level on swine flu.

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