Original title: At least 180 people were diagnosed in a mass infection outbreak at a US military base in Okinawa
Overseas Network, December 20thAccording to Japan’s Ryukyu News, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroichi Matsuno said at a press conference held on the morning of the 20th that a collective infection of the new crown virus has occurred at the Hansen Base of the US Army in Japan. The US report has confirmed at least 180 infected people. The number of infected people may also increase.
Matsuno Hiroshi said that the United States will take strict isolation measures within the base and strictly control the activities of other military personnel in the base or in this area.
According to previous news, from the 15th to the 18th, Okinawa Prefecture announced that there was an outbreak of mass infection in the US military base in Okinawa, and 158 people were diagnosed. The U.S. military has not yet responded to Okinawa County’s request for genetic analysis of specimens, so it is not yet possible to know whether Ome Keron virus community infection has occurred in the camp. At present, the number of confirmed Ome Keron virus infections in Japan has risen to 65. (Overseas Net Wang Shanning)
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