THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 9, 2020 at 18:47 JST
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Six U.S. military personnel at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus as of July 8, the prefectural government confirmed.
The Okinawa-based U.S. Marine Corps announced that multiple military personnel had tested positive for COVID-19 on the evening of July 7.
The service members and people who have been in close contact with them have been isolated, the military said.
On the following evening, another person tested positive for the virus, a senior prefectural official said at a July 9 prefectural assembly meeting.
How the patients contracted the virus is unknown.
A man in his 40s living in the central part of Okinawa's mainland also tested positive for the virus, the prefectural government announced.
The man is the first infection case in the prefecture since April 30, excluding patients who tested positive again for the virus and the U.S. military personnel.
On June 19, a family member of a service member stationed with the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa tested positive after returning from a trip to the United States, the first confirmed case in the Marine Corps in the prefecture.
In March, three people related to U.S. Kadena Air Base in the prefecture were infected with the virus.
U.S. military personnel test positive for virus at Misawa base
June 18, 2020
Okinawa market closes after sales clerk found with coronavirus
April 5, 2020
Okinawans fret over chemical foam leaked from U.S. Marine base
May 7, 2020
Toxic chemicals like those at U.S. base found at sites nationwide
June 12, 2020
45 sickened in toxic blaze at U.S. military base in Okinawa
June 23, 2020
Stories about memories of cherry blossoms solicited from readers
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series on the death of a Japanese woman that sparked a debate about criminal justice policy in the United States
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
