On the 29th, Okinawa Prefecture announced that it was confirmed that eight people were newly infected with the new mutant virus "Omicron strain" of the new coronavirus.
One of them is believed to be a community-acquired infection.
According to Okinawa Prefecture, eight men and women in their teens to 50s were newly confirmed to be infected with the new Corona Omicron strain.
Of these, one is working at Kadena Air Base and Camp Hansen, and five are families of people who are working at the U.S. military base and have been confirmed to be infected with the Omicron strain, and the relationship with the U.S. military base has been confirmed. There is one person who has not been.
One person who has not been confirmed to be associated with a US military base is a female in her 30s in Nago City, who is believed to have been infected in the city because the transmission route is unknown.
According to Okinawa Prefecture, there are no seriously ill people, so a total of 20 people have been confirmed to be infected with the "Omicron strain" in the prefecture.
In addition, it was found that there were 15 new people infected with the new corona that were not "Delta strains", so Okinawa Prefecture is proceeding with confirmation of whether it is "Omicron strains".