Virus cases stay high in Okinawa

Virus cases stay high in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (R) shakes hands with Gaku Hashimoto, state minister of health, labor and welfare, before having talks on the worsening coronavirus situation on Aug. 16, 2020, at the prefectural government headquarters in Naha, southern Japan.

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