Yokohama high school student tests negative for new flu

TOKYO, Japan - An official of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry speaks at a news conference at the ministry on May 1, saying a high school student in Yokohama suspected of being Japan's first case of infection from the rapidly spreading new influenza strain tested negative.

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