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EleanorR

(2,391 posts)
13. Big outbreak in the US military stationed there as they're allowed to come and go as they please
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 02:00 PM
Aug 2020

Way to go US.

TOKYO—Japan’s defense minister accused the U.S. military of lax coronavirus controls after infections at a Marine Corps base more than doubled and three Americans allegedly ignored Japanese quarantine rules and took a commercial flight while infected.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-military-coronavirus-cases-climb-in-japan-straining-ties-11594819676

Yokosuka Naval Base, south of Tokyo, on Tuesday announced that seven people at the home of the 7th Fleet are positive for the virus. On Okinawa, the Marine Corps said five new cases there were identified within “the last 24 hours,” according to a Facebook post by Marine Corps Installations Pacific.

https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/us-forces-japan-allows-its-installations-to-report-coronavirus-case-numbers-1.638242

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