By JOSEPH DITZLER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 4, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. TOKYO – Ten new cases of COVID-19 have surfaced at U.S. military bases in Japan since Friday, according to reports Tuesday. The country continued to wrestle with a coronavirus surge that quickened its pace in April. Though modest compared to other nations, the increase in Japan s case numbers comes three months ahead of the scheduled Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
US military reports 10 new coronavirus patients at bases across Japan
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. TOKYO – Another seven people within the U.S. military in Japan had contracted the coronavirus by 6 p.m. Tuesday, according to reports from military installations. Meanwhile, the virus continued to infect thousands in Japan’s two largest cities. The governor of Osaka prefecture, Hirofumi Yoshimura, asked the national government Tuesday for further emergency measures to curb the virus’ spread, according to public broadcaster NHK. Osaka and neighboring Hyogo prefecture were already in a “quasi-emergency,” but Yoshimura wants to close restaurants, amusement parks, department stores and other sites that attract large numbers of people or are shown to facilitate the spread.