COVID restrictions on U.S. forces personnel in Japan extended 1 week

U.S. Forces Japan said Friday it has decided to extend COVID-19 restrictions on its personnel's activities outside bases in Japan by one week through the end of January.The decision was made "due to the continuing increase of COVID-19 cases throughout Japan," fueled by the rapid spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant of the coronavirus, U.S. Forces Japan said in a press release.The measures have been implemented since Jan. 10 following a surge in virus infections among American military personnel in prefectures such as Okinawa and Yamaguchi.Clusters of COVID-19 cases at U.S. milita…READ FULL ARTICLE