CCTV News:日本：175万人感染禽流感，8人死亡

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官网日期：02-07-2012 12:52 BJT
原文标题：Japan: 1.75 mln infected with flu virus, 8 dead
日本已有175万人感染流感病毒，其中8人死亡。北海道一名8岁小学生在感染新型流感病毒两天后，于医院不幸身亡。到目前为止，他是感染病毒身亡者中年纪最小的。

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Japan says 1.75 million people have been infected with a flu virus that has left eight people dead.
An eight-year-old primary school boy in Hokkaido died in hospital two days after being infected with the new strain of influenza. So far, he is the youngest to die in the flu epidemic.
The Ministry of Health says the flu patients are mainly children under the age of 14 and the elderly over the age of 60. 7,000 schools have been closed as the flu spreads. A new cold front forecast for Wednesday could cause cases to continue to rise.
Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases says the elderly are more vulnerable to pneumonia or chronic disease caused by the flu. And it recommends people with flu symptoms not visit senior patients in hospital or homes for the elderly.日本已有175万人感染流感病毒，其中8人死亡。
北海道一名8岁小学生在感染新型流感病毒两天后，于医院不幸身亡。到目前为止，他是感染病毒身亡者中年纪最小的。
卫生部长称，流感患者大都是14岁以下的儿童已经60岁以上的老人。流感爆发后，有7000多所学校已停课。预计周三冷空气的入侵将导致病例上升。
日本日本国立传染病研究所表示，老人较容易患上流感引发的肺炎和慢性疾病。他们也建议有流感症状的人不要接触医院的重患或者拜访老人。