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Following a recent surge in coronavirus infections among American military personnel, Japan's foreign minister has requested that the U.S. take thorough preventative measures.
The number of new cases identified Wednesday in the prefecture is more than 2½ times the figure logged the previous day, officials have confirmed.
Whether the cases were of the highly transmissible omicron variant was unknown, as was the breakdown of the U.S. bases affected.
The move comes after it was revealed that U.S. military personnel had been exempt from such screening.
The revelation came after a cluster of infections was reported at the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Hansen in Okinawa Prefecture, with more than 200 people found to be infected.