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The authorities in Okinawa, southern Japan, announced a record increase in daily infections with the Corona virus, as 1,829 people were confirmed to have been infected during the past 24 hours.
County Governor Denny Tamaki said in a statement today that the noticeable outbreak of the Omicron mutant and the spread of infection in US military bases, with the lack of appropriate control measures in them, led to the spread of the disease among people.
Japan has tightened restrictions to confront the Corona epidemic in three regions where US military facilities are located, after they became hotspots for its widespread spread.
In the Philippines, the Ministry of Health announced today that local infections with the Omicron mutant were detected in the vicinity of the capital, Manila.
The Philippine Deputy Minister of Health, Maria Rosario, said that her country is witnessing a local spread of the Omicron mutant in areas around the capital, inhabited by about 13 million people.
Today, the Philippines announced the registration of 39,004 new infections with the Corona virus during the past hours, bringing the total number of infections to more than 3 million, as well as nearly 53 thousand deaths, which makes it the second highest country in Southeast Asia in the number of infections and deaths after Indonesia.
In a related context, researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the United States revealed a property of the Omicron mutant that gives it the ability to spread rapidly.
The researchers said in a recent study that “those who are infected with the virus without showing symptoms are more able to transmit the infection to others,” explaining that the world urgently needs a better understanding of the transmission dynamics of this mutant.
For his part, senior researcher Lawrence Currie said, “While we are witnessing the rapid global spread of Omicron, and because many infected people do not show symptoms, we cannot always know who is carrying the virus, but we know what we can do to protect ourselves and to help prevent the spread of the disease, which is wearing a mask, washing hands, avoiding gatherings, and being careful.” to receive full doses of vaccines.
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