China News Service, January 5 (January 5) According to Kyodo News, Japan released a total of 1,268 new cases of new crowns on the 4th, which is the first time since October 6, 2021, that it has exceeded 1,000.
The number of infections in Okinawa Prefecture surged to 225, and there were 79 in Yamaguchi Prefecture, of which 62 were in Iwakuni City, where the U.S. military base in Iwakuni is located.
Some people think that the collective infection within the US military has spread to places.
On July 8, 2021 local time, the Japanese government officially decided to issue an emergency declaration to Tokyo for the fourth time.
The picture shows a large electronic screen in Tokyo, Japan showing the press conference of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on the emergency declaration.
According to the report, more than 100 new cases have been reported in Tokyo, Osaka, and Hiroshima, and a new mutant strain of Omi Keron, which is considered to be spreading rapidly, has spread in Kyoto, Gunma, Aichi and other places. Cases.
This strain may be rapidly replacing other strains everywhere.
Tokyo, where the number of cases has increased significantly, confirmed 151 infections on the 4th.
Governor Yuriko Koike said in his New Year greetings to the staff that “the infections of the allegedly highly contagious Omi Keron strain have spread one after another, and they are expanding rapidly at the end of the year” and demanded to take preemptive measures.
The number of infected people in Okinawa Prefecture surged to 225. Okinawa Prefecture Governor Tamaki Danny expressed a sense of crisis at the press conference. He said that “if the infection spreads among the elderly, there may be a risk of severe illness, causing further medical tension,” he said. Consider requiring the government to apply “key measures such as the prevention of spread”.
In addition, the number of confirmed cases at US military bases in Japan has increased.
Okinawa Prefecture announced that 164 US troops stationed in Okinawa were positive.
Misawa City in Aomori Prefecture announced on the 4th that 56 people from the US military's Misawa base had been infected with the new crown.
The US military base in Iwakuni also announced that 47 base-related personnel were infected, and a total of 489 people were infected in the base.
62 people were infected in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi County, where the Iwakuni base is located.
At the meeting of Yamaguchi's countermeasures headquarters, Governor Tsugumasa Muraoka emphasized that "the spread of the epidemic is likely to be affected by the personnel of the Iwakuni base."