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Service members and civilians wait to receive the COVID-19 vaccine earlier this spring at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. (Anna Nolte/U.S. Air Force)
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa The U.S. military in Japan and South Korea reported 17 new cases of COVID-19 as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
Kadena Air Base on Okinawa had seven people test positive for the coronavirus respiratory disease “over the last few days,” according to a base Facebook post Wednesday evening.
Four became ill with COVID-19 symptoms and self-isolated. The remaining three were already quarantined as close contacts of previously infected individuals.
Naval Air Facility Atsugi, 26 miles southwest of Tokyo, reported three new coronavirus cases Thursday, according to a post on its Facebook page. A sailor and two base employees tested positive after displaying symptoms. Their infections were confirmed sometime after May 24, said base spokesman Sam Samuelson.
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Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (right) hands a letter of request to Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi at the Defense Ministry on Thursday. | KYODO
Jiji May 28, 2021
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki requested Thursday that the Japanese and U.S. governments set a goal of having his prefecture host 50% or less of the total U.S. bases in Japan.
Currently, 70.3% of U.S. bases in the country are concentrated in the southernmost prefecture in terms of exclusive-use area.
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