Rubella — Worldwide/Unknown
Japan remains in the grip of rubella infections [German measles] with the disease spreading rapidly, and the National Institute of Infectious Diseases reports that 5442 people were diagnosed with rubella during January-April this year [2013].
The infections are 34 times more than that of the same period last year [2012], the Institute said, adding that the number of new infections had been rising by more than 500 per week since the beginning of April [2013].
Nearly 90 percent of the
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