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Okinawa Prefectural Government representatives met with Marine Corps Installations Pacific leadership and medical health professionals to discuss COVID-19 related information on Camp Foster Naval Hospital, July 15. - Okinawa Prefectural Government representatives met with Marine Corps Installations Pacific leadership and medical health professionals to discuss COVID-19 related information on Camp Foster Naval Hospital, July 15.

US Marine Corps working together with Okinawa Prefectural Government for COVID-19 control effort

Since late March, the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa has been implementing strict safety measures including restricting activities off base to minimize the spread of COVID-19. After the infection surged in early July, with two clusters of infections discovered on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma and Camp Hansen, the Marine Corps worked ceaselessly to ensure the safety and protection of the U.S. military and the Okinawan communities. With deliberate force health-protection efforts, the Marine Corps was able to subside the spread of infection...

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U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Stefani Mochisaki stands for a photo inside the COVID response cell office at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, July 24. - U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Stefani Mochisaki stands for a photo inside the COVID response cell office at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, July 24.