China News Service, July 26. According to the "Central News Agency" report, recently, a cluster of infections broke out in the US military base in Okinawa, Japan, and a total of 229 people have been diagnosed with the new crown virus. The US Military Command in Japan recently announced that in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, all relevant personnel of the US military entering Japan must be tested for the virus within two weeks of restricted movement and will be isolated if they test positive.
On July 9, local time, Tokyo, Japan, a Tokyo Metro employee wearing a protective mask and goggles disinfected the carriage.
According to reports, the US Military Command in Japan at Yokota Air Force Base in Tokyo announced that all relevant personnel of the US military entering Japan must be screened for the new crown virus during the movement restriction period of two weeks after entry. This measure is targeted at military personnel, civilian officials, and family members who enter Japan after the 24th.
Although all relevant U.S. military personnel entering Japan through U.S. military bases will be restricted from moving for two weeks, in the past, only those with symptoms were required to undergo virus screening. However, U.S. military bases such as Okinawa Futenma Airport and Hansen Camp have successively experienced cluster infections since July, which forced the U.S. military to change its epidemic prevention policy.
According to the instructions of the Japanese government, the Japanese side not only hopes that the relevant personnel of the US military will be tested when they enter Japan, but they are also coordinating with the United States to allow relevant personnel of the US military to be tested before leaving the United States.
There were 14 new confirmed cases in Okinawa on the 25th, a record high in a single day since the outbreak. On the same day, the U.S. military base in Okinawa had 64 new confirmed cases, and the total number of confirmed cases reached 229, exceeding the local number of 186.
On the same day, the Okinawa prefectural government implemented virus screenings for Japanese employees serving at US military bases. More than 600 people came for testing. People were also disturbed by the continued spread of the epidemic in the US military bases.
A Japanese woman in her 70s who works at Futenma Airport said, “It’s very scary and I’m also considering whether to quit my job” because she is already very old and may become severely ill once contracted. Feel tired".