Virus emergency expected in Okinawa

Virus emergency expected in Okinawa

People wearing face masks walk on a main street in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 20, 2021. A coronavirus state of emergency is expected to be put in place in the southern Japan prefecture amid the virus pandemic.

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