Considering the pandemic in the southern hemisphere now, the number of patients in Japan could be four to six times higher than the average yearly figure of about 10 million seasonal flu infections.
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Tatsuhito Tonooka, the former head of the Otaru municipal public health center in Hokkaido. Health experts are urging authorities to do more to prevent the spread of the new H1N1 strain of influenza Type A, with one predicting that up to 60 million Japanese could become infected with the potentially fatal flu strain. (Yomiuri Shimbun)
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neverknow2
How about telling people to cover their mouth when they cough or sneeze? It sounds so simple but Japanese do not do it!
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