Six people have died after becoming infected with the Hong Kong flu virus in the city of Kitaakita located in the Akita Prefecture of northern Japan. The virus killed nearly 1,000,000 people around the globe in 1968 and 1969. It was a form of the H3N2 strain of influenza type A . So far there are no reports of anyone infected outside hospital grounds.
Six people have died after becoming infected with the virus in the city of located in the of northern Japan. The virus killed nearly 1,000,000 people around the globe in 1968 and 1969. It was a form of the strain of . So far there are no reports of anyone infected outside hospital grounds.
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Hong Kong flu
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Kitaakita
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Akita Prefecture
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H3N2 strain of influenza type A
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