Governor Denny calls for “avoidance” of gathering in large groups for an extended time, as a response to Covid-19 during the year-end holidays. (29de22)


Splendor of Okinawa: Golden dewdrop, roadside Uruma, 28de22


On the afternoon of 27 December, Okinawa Prefecture Governor Denny Tamaki held a press conference. The governor called on the prefecture’s people to take measures to prevent Covid-19 and to reasonably make use of emergency health care during the end of the old and beginning of the new year season.


Within the prefecture, a wave of infections is expected to spread with the opening of the new year. Governor Tamaki noted, “When a lot of people gather together for meals, the risk of transmission is especially high. Before participating, we’d like you to carefully manage the condition of your body and before the event itself thoroughly confirm with a test that you’re not infected.” He further requested that gatherings of large numbers of people over an extended period of time be avoided.


Within the prefecture last week, for two days in a row, the number of newly infected surpassed one thousand, continuing its tendency to increase. According to the governor, the number of newly infected rose to 1237 victims on 27 December, and with the number of hospital beds occupied at 35% as well, the burden on the healthcare system is gradually increasing.


The infection is continuing to spread widely across the nation as well. Governor Tamaki requested thorough contagion prevention measures, “There is a tendency also outside our prefecture toward an increase in the number of newly infected victims. We’re concerned whether that will have an effect on Okinawa, too.”


At the end of the old and beginning of the new year, many medical facilities take a break from diagnosing patients. So, a flood of patients for emergency outpatient care can be expected. The governor requested its responsible use and, in the case of those with light illness or those intending  a checkup,  the avoidance of emergency hospital care altogether. 


Between 31 December and 3 January, the Prefecture will make a list of healthcare facilities with outpatient care that can deal with fever attacks. The list will be published on the Prefectural Home Page.


Original Japanese article: Ryukyu Shimpo, published Tuesday 27 December 2022 at 15:49

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/78494fb7245a343da1b196303254e5e92fe31aba


Denny in the News: news about Governor Denny Tamaki.

Denny Tamaki is the governor of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Although Okinawa is important as an international tourist destination and a key element in strategic US Military Forces, its governor receives very little coverage in the Japanese press and almost none in the English language media. 

  1. This blog hopes to  translate one news article a day on the governor.  It is unsponsored and unauthorized. The translator simply hopes to improve his skills and perhaps give the governor an English speaking audience. 

  2. Any suggestion on improving the translation will be gratefully accepted. However, please leave political comments for another forum.

  3. Where they occur, words and phrases in Ryukyuan (the Okinawan language) are rendered in italics and translated in parentheses. Names  whose readings are uncertain are rendered as Name (=Kanji?) as in Nagayuki (=長行?). Any corrections in such instances would be gratefully appreciated.



 

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