KAWASAKI (Kyodo) A Kawasaki woman in her 30s who was suspected of having swine flu instead has a seasonal flu, city officials said Sunday.
She is infected with the Hong Kong type-A flu, not the H1N1 flu that is spreading worldwide and has killed dozens of people in Mexico and the United States, they said.
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