The scale of the spread of Covid-19 in Okinawa is perhaps, notably, in its ‘9th wave’, with number of reported patients 5 times the national average, over 700 hospitalized, care facilities activated. (30jn23)


Splendor of Okinawa: Canna, roadside Uruma, 17ap23


The contagion of Covid-19 is again spreading widely. To counter it, on 26 June, the Prefecture announced the activation of Covid patient ‘care stations’ to accept the elderly and others infected, for the purpose of relieving the burden on health care facilities.


Health care facilities in the prefecture have been impacted with clusters of infected patients within them. The number of hospitalized Covid inpatients has exceeded 700. This wave of contagion is gradually lifting Okinawa to its tip nationwide.


On the same day, Government Covid-19 Sectional Committee Chairman Shigeru Omi conferred with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. At a press conference afterwards, Chairman Omi stated, “This is possibly the start of the 9th wave.”


Based on the fixed period between 12 and 18 June, Okinawa’s rate of 28.74 newly infected was the highest nationwide, notably, 5 times above the national average of 5.60.


As for the impact of this on tight hospital bed availability, a total of 10 health care facilities have restricted emergency examinations and general health care.


On 26 June, Governor Denny Tamaki held a meeting at the Prefectural Office. He called for contagion prevention measures, noting the scale of the spread, “We have to presume that this surge will surpass last year’s 7th wave of July and August.”


At present, 25 beds have been confirmed for 24 hour response at care stations with the capacity to relieve hospital burdens. Beds will be increased to respond to the contagion situation.


The target is to accept the elderly, 65 and older, as well as others, such as victims living alone, for whom home care is difficult, or those who are sick, but not in need of hospital treatment 


While the care centers are not hospitals, they will have full-time doctors and nurses. They will also provide medical care to their inpatients such as oxygen and intravenous drip administration. Patients will only have to bear the cost of meals, at about 500 yen per meal.


Original Japanese article: Ryukyu Shimpo, published Tuesday 27 June 2023 at 06:30. Byline: Takuya Kayo

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/d667671d6491f7c247bedb3409dd77796a295b50


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. 


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. 


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


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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