TOKYO (Reuters) - Schools in western Japan were re-opening their doors on Monday but continued to urge strict hygiene measures, as the number of new H1N1 flu infections levelled off.
Japan's Health Ministry had confirmed 343 cases of the new flu as of late on Sunday. About 4,500 schools closed last week as the virus spread, mostly among teenagers in the western prefectures of Osaka and Hyogo.
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