New Type of Influenza has expanded to outside of schools, 130 people infected

Oita Godo Newspaper (evening edition on May 18, 2009)

Concerning the breakout of the new-type influenza in Japan, there were additionally 34 people confirmed infected in Osaka and Hyogo prefecture on May 18. "Plus 4 from the investigation at Narita Airport, the total infected persons become 130" reported by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare.

Moreover, groups of infected persons have expanded from earlier only in schools to business places and other areas in the cities. A female official (20) of Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Bank, Sannomiya branch in the center of Kobe city, and a female shopkeeper at JR Sannomiya Station, have turned out to be infected already. Therefore, other officials of the bank are asked to stand by at home to watch out the infection. Shops at the train station are also temporarily closed.      

The situation in Osaka and Hyogo prefecture is still getting worse when the symptom is found from one person to another continuously.

Comment: Very surprising and threatening for the really fast expanding infection in Kansai area, Japan. In Thailand, there are not as many as, which may be because more people visited Japan and Japan's transportation is convenient and fast. When Japanese people moved around fast, the influenza also disperses rapidly. Hope everyone gets over soon.

PUNTHUCHAT Siripun

Thailand

APS4, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University