1st domestic infection of new flu confirmed in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura heads to the prime minister's office on May 16 after the first domestic infection of the new strain of influenza A virus in Japan was detected the same day in a 17-year-old male high school student with no record of overseas travel in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.

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