Tokyo has first swine flu cases

Tokyo has first swine flu cases 东京第一例猪流感确诊
Health officials in Japan have confirmed the first cases of swine flu in the densely¹ populated （人口稠密的）capital, Tokyo.

Two schoolgirls tested positive for the H1N1 virus after their return from a trip to New York.

So far, about 250 infections have been recorded in Japan, most of them in the areas around Kobe and Osaka.

Health officials stress there have been no deaths from the H1N1 virus in Japan and most cases have been mild.

Nearly 10,250 swine flu cases have been confirmed in 41 countries, the World Health Organization says in the latest update on its website.

The virus is known to have killed 80 people, the vast majority of them in Mexico, where it was first reported.

'Recovering well'

Tokyo's first known case of swine flu was detected² in a girl of 16 who arrived back home on Tuesday from New York.

She had complained of a fever and tested positive for H1N1.

She had a cough and sore throat（喉咙痛） but was recovering well, said Hideo Maeda, secretary of the city's welfare and health department.

A second girl on the same trip was also infected, officials later told reporters.

Tokyo and the surrounding districts are home to around 36 million people.

Most of Japan's cases so far have been in areas around the city of Kobe to the west where a high school student who had not been overseas was found to be infected on Saturday.

Since then the numbers have risen steadily³ and more than 4,000 schools have been closed as a precautionary⁴ measure. （预防措施）
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1 densely   

ad.密集地；浓厚地

参考例句：

• A grove of trees shadowed the house densely. 树丛把这幢房子遮蔽得很密实。
• We passed through miles of densely wooded country. 我们穿过好几英里茂密的林地。

2 detected   

vt.[无]对…检波v.发现，发觉，查明( detect的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I detected a suggestion of malice in his remarks. 我觉察出他说的话略带恶意。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I detected a faint note of weariness in his voice. 我从他的声音中察觉出一丝倦意。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。

4 precautionary   

adj.预先警戒的，小心的

参考例句：

• He thrusts aside all precautionary advice. 他把一切警告都置之一边。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He thrust aside all precautionary advice. 他对一切事先忠告都置之不理。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》