Okinawa coronavirus surge spurs further restrictions for American troops
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Buy PhotoTokyo reported 614 new coronavirus infections and six deaths on Friday, May 28, 2021. (Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes)
TOKYO American military bases on Okinawa tightened their restrictions again Friday as the prefecture announced another one-day record of new coronavirus patients.
Meanwhile, U.S. installations across Japan reported four new coronavirus cases – three at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo and one at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa.
The island prefecture reported 313 newly infected people on Friday, the highest one-day count there of the pandemic, according to public broadcaster NHK and prefectural data. Though small by comparison to other prefectures, the spring viral wave on Okinawa is creating twice the patients of a surge in August.
Mask mandates begin to drop, with some caveats, at bases in Japan and Guam
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Coronavirus mask mandates begin to drop for more US bases in Japan, Guam
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Mask mandates begin to drop, with some caveats, at bases in Japan and Guam
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By JOSEPH DITZLER AND KAT BOUZA | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 14, 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 U.S. military bases in Japan reported eight individuals tested positive for the coronavirus since Wednesday, according to statements as of 6 p.m. Friday. Also Friday, the Japanese government announced a state of emergency would be expanded to three additional prefectures struggling to contain the country’s fourth wave of the coronavirus.