{"id":22566,"date":"2021-07-08T20:13:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T14:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=122432"},"modified":"2021-07-08T20:13:52","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T14:43:52","slug":"spectators-banned-at-tokyo-olympics-as-japan-declares-covid-19-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/olympics\/spectators-banned-at-tokyo-olympics-as-japan-declares-covid-19-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectators banned at Tokyo Olympics as Japan declares Covid-19 emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olympics<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>minister<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Tamayo Marukawa\u00a0<\/span>confirmed that <\/span>Japan<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>would<\/span>\u00a0stage the\u00a0<\/span>summer<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>games<\/span>\u00a0under a state of emergency<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>with<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>no spectators\u00a0<\/span>allowed\u00a0<\/span>at any of the\u00a0<\/span>venues in the capital due to\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0resurgence of COVID<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>19 cases,\u00a0<\/span>Kyodo News<\/span>\u00a0reported<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

A<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>very<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>difficult<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>decision<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>was<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>made<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>regarding<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>spectators\u2019<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>ban,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>according<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Tokyo<\/span>\u00a0O<\/span>lympic<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>official<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reports<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>state<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Japanese capital as well as three other nearby prefectures<\/span>, due to\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>spike<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>Coronavirus<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>infections<\/span>, the Olympics will\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>open<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0spectators<\/span>. The report\u00a0<\/span>names<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>these<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>prefectures\u00a0<\/span>as<\/span>\u00a0Chiba, Kanagawa<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0and Saitama.<\/span><\/p>\n

On July 23, <\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Olympic<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Games<\/span>\u00a0will\u00a0<\/span>begin<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>after<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>being<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>delayed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>because<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>pandemic<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Thomas Bach, <\/span>IOC President<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>will be arriving<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in Tokyo<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>where he will\u00a0<\/span>spend<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>three days in\u00a0<\/span>isolation<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>at<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>IOC\u2019<\/span>s five-star hotel due to rising number of COVID-19 cases.<\/span><\/p>\n

COVID-19 cases in Tokyo have\u00a0<\/span>risen<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>their highest level in\u00a0<\/span>two<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>months<\/span>. This almost guarantees that the Japanese government will declare a new state of emergency to\u00a0<\/span>begin<\/span>\u00a0next week and continue this emergency\u00a0<\/span>during<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>Olympics.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga\u00a0<\/span>said<\/span>\u00a0at a\u00a0<\/span>press<\/span> conference that coronavirus infections were on the rise in Tokyo\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the highly\u00a0<\/span>contagious<\/span>\u00a0Delta variant<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>could<\/span>\u00a0also\u00a0<\/span>spread<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>other<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>parts<\/span>\u00a0of the country.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201dWe absolutely must avoid Tokyo being the starting point again of another spread of the infection,\u201d Suga told during a news conference, saying there was \u201cgood progress\u201d being made in vaccinations.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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