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Drug poisoning mistaken for bird flu case at Narita airport (The Japan Times)
NARITA, Chiba Pref. (Kyodo) Medical and immigration staff at Narita International Airport were put on high alert Jan. 22 when a Taiwanese passenger arriving from Hong Kong collapsed with a fever and was suspected of having a new type of bird flu, it was learned Thursday. A medical examination, however, found that the man was suffering from drug poisoning after having swallowed about 90 pouches ...