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President of the Japan Community Health Care Organization Shigeru Omi attends a news conference in Tokyo on June 17. (Pool Photo via AP)
Japan’s top medical adviser for Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government urged authorities to step up virus measures ahead of the Olympics and asked the people to avoid trips.
Tokyo registered 1,271 new cases Friday, the day after recording a six-month high of 1,308.
Dr. Shigeru Omi, who heads a government COVID-19 taskforce, says the next two months will be the “most crucial stage” in Japan’s fight against the pandemic. He urged people to watch the Olympics on TV at home with family members or close friends in small groups.
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A woman walks past Tokyo 2020 Olympics sign at the Main Press Center in the capital on Friday. | REUTERS Jul 17, 2021
A Nigerian Olympic delegate became the first visitor to the Tokyo Games admitted to hospital with COVID-19, broadcaster TV Asahi said Friday, as Japan battles to stem rising local infections a week before the showpiece event starts.
The individual, a nonathlete in their 60s, tested positive on Thursday evening at the airport with mild symptoms but was hospitalized because of age and pre-existing conditions, the broadcaster said, without giving details.
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A Nigerian delegate to the Olympics became the first visitor to the Tokyo Games to be admitted to hospital with COVID-19, broadcaster TV Asahi said yesterday, as Japan battles to stem rising local infections a week before the event.
The individual, a non-athlete in his 60s, tested positive on Thursday evening at the airport with mild symptoms but was hospitalised because of age and pre-existing conditions, the broadcaster said, without giving details.
On Friday, the Australian Olympic Committee said that tennis player Alex de Minaur, ranked 15th in the world, had tested positive prior to his departure for the Games, becoming the latest athlete to have the virus shatter his Olympics dream.
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