THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 20, 2022 at 19:37 JST
Okinawa residents form a line outside a PCR testing center in Naha, the prefectural capital, on Jan. 9, when the city center is almost empty. (Tsukasa Kimura)
Okinawa, already in the grip of the worst ratio among prefectures of new COVID-19 cases per head of population, is facing the grim reality of the illness striking across all age groups, particularly the elderly who are most at risk. [Read More]
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