By JOSEPH DITZLER AND MATTHEW M. BURKE | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 13, 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 26 new coronavirus cases over the past seven days while the spring surge of COVID-19, the coronavirus respiratory disease, continued in the nation’s two largest cities. Osaka prefecture reported 1,099 new infections Tuesday, a new one-day record there, and eight deaths, according to public broadcaster NHK. Osaka has reported more than 900 new patients on three of the past seven days, according to its COVID-19 tracking website.
US military bases in Japan, South Korea ramp up covid vaccinations
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US military bases in Japan, South Korea ramp up coronavirus vaccinations
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US military makes vaccine progress in Japan, South Korea amid coronavirus resurgence
An airman assigned to the 51st Fighter Wing receives the one-shot Jannsen COVID-19 vaccine at Osan Air Base, South Korea, March 11, 2021.
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By JOSEPH DITZLER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 7, 2021
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. U.S. Forces Korea and three military commands in Japan have announced plans to expand their vaccination programs to anyone 18 and older who is eligible in the military health care system. Meanwhile, Japan’s second most populous prefecture on Wednesday reported its highest one-day total of new coronavirus patients. Osaka prefecture announced another 878 newly infected people, exceeding the previous one-day record, 719, set Tuesday, according to public broadcaster NHK and prefectural data.
US military makes vaccine progress in Japan, South Korea amid coronavirus resurgence
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