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Olympics likely to open during COVID state of emergency
People ride escalators with banners Tuesday to promote the Tokyo Olympics scheduled to open on July 23 in Tokyo. (Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)
Published July 07. 2021 6:55PM | Updated July 07. 2021 8:18PM
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and STEPHEN WADE, Associated Press
Tokyo Surging COVID-19 cases in Tokyo have hit a two-month high that almost guarantees the Japanese government will declare a new state of emergency to start next week and continue for the duration of the Tokyo Olympics.
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TOKYO (AP) Surging COVID-19 cases in Tokyo have hit a two-month high that almost guarantees the Japanese government will declare a new state of emergency to start next week and continue for the duration of the Tokyo Olympics.
People ride escalators with banners to promote the Tokyo Olympics scheduled to open on July 23, in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
TOKYO (AP) Surging COVID-19 cases in Tokyo have hit a two-month high that almost guarantees the Japanese government will declare a new state of emergency to start next week and continue for the duration of the Tokyo Olympics.
Tokyo Olympics likely to open during COVID-19 state of emergency
The Olympic rings in front of the New National Stadium in Tokyo. (Jae C. Hong/AP)
Associated Press July 7, 2021, 9:52 AM
Associated Press July 7, 2021, 9:52 AM TOKYO Surging COVID-19 cases in Tokyo have hit a two-month high that almost guarantees the Japanese government will declare a new state of emergency to start next week and continue for the duration of the Tokyo Olympics. The pandemic-delayed Olympics open in just over two weeks on July 23. IOC President Thomas Bach is scheduled to arrive in Tokyo on Thursday, when he will be greeted by the rising cases as he self-isolates for three days in the International Olympic Committee’s five-star hotel in the capital.
Men cycle along the wall installed to close off a park being prepared for the Olympics and Paralympics Games in Tokyo on July 1. (AP file photo)
Surging COVID-19 cases in Tokyo have hit a two-month high that almost guarantees the Japanese government will declare a new state of emergency to start next week and continue for the duration of the Tokyo Olympics.
The pandemic-delayed Olympics open in just over two weeks on July 23.
IOC President Thomas Bach is scheduled to arrive in Tokyo on Thursday, when he will be greeted by the rising cases as he self-isolates for three days in the International Olympic Committee s five-star hotel in the capital.
Mari Yamaguchi July 07, 2021 - 9:09 PM
TOKYO (AP) â Japan is set to place Tokyo under a state of emergency that would last through the Olympics, fearing an ongoing COVID-19 surge will multiply during the Games.
At a meeting with experts Thursday morning, government officials proposed a plan to issue a state of emergency in Tokyo from next Monday to Aug. 22. The Summer Olympics, already delayed a year by the pandemic, begin July 23 and close Aug. 8.
The Games already will take place without foreign spectators, but the planned six-week state of emergency likely ends chances of a local audience. A decision about fans is expected later Thursday when local organizers meet with the International Olympic Committee and other representatives.