Health minister says domestic outbreak of new flu 'matter of time'

Health minister says domestic outbreak of new flu 'matter of time'

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichi Masuzoe, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, speaks at a press conference at the ministry on May 9.

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