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Rubella outbreak spreading quickly
by Hiroko Nakata
Staff Writer
Feb 7, 2013
On Jan. 29, the health ministry issued a nationwide alert about the potential for another epidemic and recommended that prefectures and other local governments start promoting vaccinations. The case count in January has already surpassed the yearly average...
...The 254 cases in January are more than 13 times higher than a year ago and higher than the annual average of 224 logged from 2008 to 2011, the institute said.
Last year?s rubella epidemic hit 2,353 people in total, but just 19 in January, the institute said...
...The current outbreak is concentrated in Tokyo and surrounding prefectures, so far...
Rubella outbreak spreading quickly
by Hiroko Nakata
Staff Writer
Feb 7, 2013
On Jan. 29, the health ministry issued a nationwide alert about the potential for another epidemic and recommended that prefectures and other local governments start promoting vaccinations. The case count in January has already surpassed the yearly average...
...The 254 cases in January are more than 13 times higher than a year ago and higher than the annual average of 224 logged from 2008 to 2011, the institute said.
Last year?s rubella epidemic hit 2,353 people in total, but just 19 in January, the institute said...
...The current outbreak is concentrated in Tokyo and surrounding prefectures, so far...