Olympics Bans Spectators After Tokyo Declares COVID-19 Emergency
Following a state of emergency due to rising COVID-19 infections in the capital, the Tokyo Olympics will take place without spectators, Reuters report.
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Organizers announced the big change this Thursday saying “It is regrettable that we are delivering the Games in a very limited format, facing the spread of coronavirus infections,” Tokyo Olympic President Seiko Hashimoto said following talks between government officials, Tokyo organizers, and Olympic and paralympic representatives.
Public viewings of the Games have been cancelled and restaurants will be asked to stop serving alcohol under the state of emergency. Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga strongly believes the move is essential to prevent Tokyo, where the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 variant was spreading, from becoming the source of another wave of infections.
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Olympic organizers are set to ban all spectators from the #Tokyo2020 Games, the Asahi daily said, as Japan declared a coronavirus state of emergency for Tokyo that will run through its hosting of the event to curb a new wave of infections https://t.co/6gt5kx1675 pic.twitter.com/J028JaSF6l
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