Yokohama high school student tests negative for new flu

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The principal of a high school in Yokohama's Sakae Ward bursts into tears after hearing that a student of the school tested negative for the rapidly spreading new influenza virus. The 17-year-old boy was suspected of being Japan's first case of infection from the H1N1 influenza A virus after staying in British Columbia, Canada, on a school excursion for about two weeks from April 10 with 114 schoolmates and five teachers.

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