Health ministry told to prepare for highest WHO pandemic alert

NARATA, Japan - Quarantine inspectors, wearing protective gear amid fears of a global pandemic of a new strain of influenza, look exhausted as they wait for passengers arriving directly from Mexico at Narita airport east of Tokyo on May 6.

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