U S Warns Against Japan Travel, Sowing New Doubt About Olympics
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Japan sees no impact on Olympics from U S travel advisory
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Longtime head of Alabama-based Lakeshore Foundation retiring
May 24, 2021
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) The longtime head of the Alabama-based Lakeshore Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works with people with physical disabilities and chronic health problems, is retiring.
Jeff Underwood will step down as president and chief executive of Lakeshore after 30 years, the Birmingham-area foundation said in a news release.
Specializing in rehabilitation and therapy at a campus that includes research and advocacy programs, Lakeshore Foundation has been a U.S. Olympic and Paralympic training site and it works with USA Wheelchair Rugby. Its Lima Foxtrot program serves members of the military who are injured.
(Adds statement from U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee)
WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Monday urged against travel to Japan because of a new wave of coronavirus cases just two months before the Tokyo Olympics are set to begin.
The department also issued its Level 4 warning against travel to Sri Lanka amid surging infections there. It saw a lower risk in visiting the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda , lowering the islands to a Level 3 – Reconsider Travel designation.
The U.S. Do Not Travel advisory and guidance for Japan did not mention the Olympics specifically but warned against visiting the country now. A top Olympic official last week said the Games would start as planned on July 23 even under a state of emergency after being postponed in 2020 during the pandemic.