沖縄米軍感染、半数がオミクロン　ＰＣＲ検査結果を日本に通知―新型コロナ

　外務省は２９日、米軍キャンプ・ハンセン（沖縄県金武町など）の新型コロナウイルス陽性者のうち、４７％が変異株「オミクロン株」の感染だったと発表した。米側で実施したＰＣＲ検査の結果として在日米軍から通知を受けた。
　キャンプ・ハンセンでは新型コロナのクラスター（感染者集団）が発生しており、外務省によると、２９日朝までに２７２人の陽性者が確認されている。外務省は通知を受け、オミクロン株がデルタ株などに比べて感染力が強いとされる点などを踏まえ、感染防止策に取り組む方針を米側と確認した。（2021/12/29-18:56）

Japan's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that 47 pct of COVID-19 cases recently found at the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Hansen in Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, were of the omicron variant.
   The ministry's announcement was based on a notification from the U.S. forces in Japan on the results of polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests conducted by the U.S. side.
   A cluster of coronavirus infections has occurred at the camp in Okinawa. The ministry said that 272 people had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Wednesday morning.
   The ministry and the U.S. side have confirmed their plan to work on infection prevention measures, in line with studies suggesting that the omicron variant is believed to be more infectious than the delta strain.
   It has been also found that the U.S. military in Japan had not conducted COVID-19 tests on military personnel when they left the United States for Japan.