Heightened alert issued as heavy rain hits Japan’s Okinawa
Japan's weather agency on Sunday urged Okinawa residents to be on high alert for mudslides and other disasters as torrential rains are drenching the country's southernmost prefecture.
Japan has so far confirmed 58 Omicron cases, including 20 in people who did not go abroad or have contact with other infected persons, the Japanese media reported on Monday.
According to NHK, most cases, 19, have been found in Osaka, while both Tokyo and Okinawa had 10, Kyoto — 8, Aichi — 2. Another nine prefectures had one case each. The first Omicron case was discovered in the country earlier this month.
So far, Japan has not introduced internal restrictions but stopped issuing new visas to foreigners and suspended already issued ones for businessmen and students.
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