関西ばかり?
関東と関西の往来は激しく、感染者が関西ばかりに出現しているのを不思議に思っている方も多いのではないか、かく云う私もその一人です。東京圏に感染者が居ないことは想定し難い。一説に拠ると東京で感染者が出たと発表するとオリンピック招致に影響がある等々、諸説紛々。海外では東京にも感染者が居ると報じている。Japan shutters 2,400 more schools to slow virus spread Japanese officials have closed more than 4,400 schools in two prefectures that have reported dozens of novel H1N1 cases, up from about 2,000 closures reported yesterday, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported. The affected areas are Osaka and Hyogo, in the central part of Honshu, Japan's main island. The country now has 193 confirmed cases, and experts said the virus has probably already spread to Tokyo, the world's most populated urban area. [May 19 AFP story]