Foreign Minister Hayashi called on the US side to improve the infection control of soldiers over the large cluster of new corona at the US military base in Okinawa.
Foreign Minister Hayashi responded to a reporter's interview on the night of the 22nd over the occurrence of a large cluster of new coronas at the US military camp Hansen in Okinawa.
In this, Minister Hayashi said that it was confirmed that infection control was inadequate, such as the immigration inspection of soldiers was not conducted and the isolation of infected people was not thorough, and he directly called the commander of the U.S. Forces Japan in Japan. He expressed his regret and made it clear that he requested improvement.
Commander Lap said he would work to strengthen countermeasures, including conducting genomic analysis of the virus.
Minister Hayashi said, "There was a situation that was inconsistent with the measures in Japan, so I made a direct request. I will continue to work closely and make a firm request for what I must request." ..
On the other hand, Minister Hayashi repeatedly asked the American side to thoroughly purge the rule that the soldiers belonging to the base were arrested on the 20th on suspicion of drunk driving and then released.