Governor Tamaki of Okinawa Prefecture held an urgent press conference on the 21st, and after a large-scale cluster of the new coronavirus occurred at the U.S. military camp Hansen, all military personnel working at camp Hansen in both the Japanese and U.S. governments・ It was revealed that the civilian employee was requested to prohibit going out from the base.
Governor Tamaki of Okinawa Prefecture held an urgent press conference at the prefectural office on the evening of the 21st, and 21 new infections were confirmed at Camp Hansen where a new corona cluster occurred, and the prefecture grasped and announced it. Announced that the total number of infected people has reached 207 since the 15th of this month.
On the 21st, Governor Tamaki called the top US military coordinator of the US Army in Okinawa and Deputy Foreign Minister Odawara one after another, and stopped the movement of military personnel and civilian employees from the United States and other countries to Okinawa Prefecture until the infection was resolved. All military personnel and civilian employees working at Camp Hansen were requested to carry out PCR inspections and prohibit them from going out from the base, and to ensure that military personnel and civilian employees other than Camp Hansen also wear masks outside the base. about it.
In response, Coordinator of the 4th Army of Biaman said, "What is happening now is a great threat to the local Okinawans, our troops, and their families, and we are implementing measures to prevent the spread of the infection. We are actively conducting PCR tests and have succeeded in containing the infections of the troops with positives. "