China News Service, July 23. According to a report by the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), on the 23rd, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan revealed that there were 14 new confirmed cases of new crowns in the US military base in Japan. At present, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of US troops stationed in Japan in Okinawa County The number of cases has increased to 163.
According to reports, of the 14 newly confirmed cases, 13 were from Camp Hansen and 1 was from the Futenma base.
According to Japan’s Asahi Shimbun, on the same day, the Okinawa prefectural government also stated that a Japanese man in his 50s who worked at the Kadena base of the US military in Japan was also diagnosed with the new crown virus. This was the first case of working at a US military base. The local people were diagnosed.
Recently, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 at US military bases in Japan has continued to increase. In view of this, Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono has previously proposed to the US that relevant US military personnel need to be isolated for 14 days before leaving the United States and after entering Japan. Asymptomatic, two nucleic acid tests should be performed.