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9 students infected with H1N1 in Japan

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-17 10:48

TOKYO -- Nine students from a high school in Osaka Prefecture were confirmed to have been infected with the H1N1 strain of influenza A, the health ministry said Sunday, bringing the total number of infections in Japan to 21.

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The nine had no record of overseas travel. The confirmation follows the discovery of Japan's first eight domestic cases of the new flu in the neighboring Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Saturday.