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2 more people found to have contracted dengue fever in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A health worker sprays for mosquitoes at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on Aug. 28, 2014, as two more people were reported the same day to have contracted dengue fever in Japan, one day after the government said it had confirmed the first local infection of the disease in nearly 70 years.

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H7 bird flu strain detected in Aichi

TOYOHASHI, Japan - An official of the Aichi prefectural government inspects a quail farm in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on Feb. 27, where the H7 bird flu virus has been detected. The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry and the local government said this is the first reported detection of the strain in Japan since 1925. However, they added that the virus ''may be of attenuated virulence,'' as the infected quails have not died, suggesting the infection is unlikely to spread further.

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H7 bird flu strain detected in Aichi

TOYOHASHI, Japan - Officials of the Aichi prefectural government inspect a quail farm in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on Feb. 27, where the H7 bird flu virus has been detected. The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry and the local government said this is the first reported detection of the strain in Japan since 1925. However, they added that the virus ''may be of attenuated virulence,'' as the infected quails have not died, suggesting the infection is unlikely to spread further.

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Pakistani volunteer joins anti-epidemic fight in S. China

STORY: Pakistani volunteer joins anti-epidemic fight in S. China DATELINE: Feb. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Azeem Muhammad Shakir working as a volunteer 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): AZEEM MUHAMMAD SHAKIR, Pakistani volunteer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): AZEEM MUHAMMAD SHAKIR, Pakistani volunteer STORYLINE: Twenty-eight-year-old Pakistani Azeem Muhammad Shakir has volunteered to join the anti-epidemic fight in Baise City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, since the city reported the first local infection in its latest outbreak on Feb. 5. He provides voluntary service at COVID-19 nucleic acid testing sites, as well as isolation sites. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): AZEEM MUHAMMAD SHAKIR, Pakistani volunteer "Many people give a helping hand, it makes me feel that we are in a family. It's just like, when a family member is in trouble, he or she will get help from the whole family." Having been living in Baise for eight years, Shakir, who work

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CHINA-TIANJIN-COVID-19-OMICRON VARIANT-RECOVERY (CN)

(220121) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Patients who have recovered from the Omicron variant of COVID-19 wave before get on an ambulance to leave Tianjin Haihe Hospital in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 21, 2022. Three patients infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 were discharged from hospitals in Tianjin on Friday. This marked the first batch of local patients to recover from the Omicron coronavirus variant infection. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-COVID-19-OMICRON VARIANT-RECOVERY (CN)

(220121) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A patient who has recovered from the Omicron variant of COVID-19 walks to an ambulance to leave Tianjin Haihe hospital in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 21, 2022. Three patients infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 were discharged from hospitals in Tianjin on Friday. This marked the first batch of local patients to recover from the Omicron coronavirus variant infection. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-COVID-19-OMICRON VARIANT-RECOVERY (CN)

(220121) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A patient (2nd L) who has recovered from the Omicron variant of COVID-19 bows to medical workers when leaving Tianjin First Central Hospital in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 21, 2022. Three patients infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 were discharged from hospitals in Tianjin on Friday. This marked the first batch of local patients to recover from the Omicron coronavirus variant infection. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-COVID-19-OMICRON VARIANT-RECOVERY (CN)

(220121) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An ambulance arrives at Tianjin First Central Hospital to transfer patients who have recovered from the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 21, 2022. Three patients infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 were discharged from hospitals in Tianjin on Friday. This marked the first batch of local patients to recover from the Omicron coronavirus variant infection. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-COVID-19-OMICRON VARIANT-RECOVERY (CN)

(220121) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Patients who have recovered from the Omicron variant of COVID-19 pose for a photo with medical workers in Tianjin Haihe hospital in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 21, 2022. Three patients infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 were discharged from hospitals in Tianjin on Friday. This marked the first batch of local patients to recover from the Omicron coronavirus variant infection. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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Japan Education Association estimates the cost of switching to September enrollment

The Japan Society for Educational Research (JSSER) (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; Teruyuki Hirota, President; Professor, Nihon University, College of Letters, Science and Technology) has estimated the cost of the government's plan to switch to September enrollment, which totals more than 6 trillion yen. The government, local governments and households will have to pay more than 1.816 trillion yen to cover the cost of the change, which will lead to the improvement of not only emergency response to the new coronavirus infection but also long-term educational issues.Photo: Teruyuki Hirota (right), president, and Akio Inui, chairman of the special committee to study the issue of September enrollment and the first day of school, at a press conference on May 22, 2020, at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

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H7 bird flu strain detected in Aichi

TOYOHASHI, Japan - An official of the Aichi prefectural government inspects a quail farm in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on Feb. 27, where the H7 bird flu virus has been detected. The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry and the local government said this is the first reported detection of the strain in Japan since 1925. However, they added that the virus ''may be of attenuated virulence,'' as the infected quails have not died, suggesting the infection is unlikely to spread further. (Kyodo)

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H7 bird flu strain detected in Aichi

TOYOHASHI, Japan - Officials of the Aichi prefectural government inspect a quail farm in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on Feb. 27, where the H7 bird flu virus has been detected. The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry and the local government said this is the first reported detection of the strain in Japan since 1925. However, they added that the virus ''may be of attenuated virulence,'' as the infected quails have not died, suggesting the infection is unlikely to spread further. (Kyodo)