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Main streets in Miyako-jima become shuttered streets “Blanketed with coronavirus.” “Explosion of infections.”

Main streets in Miyako-jima become shuttered streets “Blanketed with coronavirus.” “Explosion of infections.”

January 29, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

Miyako-jima – On January 28, the city of Miyako-jima confirmed 35 new cases of Covid-19 in one day, a record high. Recently, every day has set a new record for the highest number of new cases in a day. Residents’ worry is obvious. “At this point, it isn’t a spread of infections, it’s an explosion of infections,” one said. Another commented, “It’s as though the entire island has been blanketed with coronavirus.” Public buildings...

　

All 21 students of this AMICUS fifth-grade class have been published

All 21 students of this AMICUS fifth-grade class have been published

January 16, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

Uruma City—Throughout the 2020 school year, Okinawa AMICUS International Elementary School teacher Kaoru Joanna Uezu worked with her fifth-grade class to send submissions to the “Voice” and “Ryu PON!” sections of the Ryukyu Shimpo. The...