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TOKYO (AP) 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.
People wearing face masks walk past the Olympics Rings statue in Tokyo, Thursday, July 8, 2021. Japan is set to place Tokyo under a state of emergency starting next week and lasting through the Olympics, with COVID-19 cases surging and feared to multiply during the Games. (Shinji Kita/Kyodo News via AP)
TOKYO (AP) 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.
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TOKYO IOC President Thomas Bach arrived in Tokyo on Thursday just as a ban on spectators at the Tokyo Olympics is likely after Japan Prime Minister Yoshihde Suga announced a state of emergency because of rising coronavirus infections in the capital.
Suga said the state of emergency would go in effect on Monday and last through Aug. 22. This means the Olympics, opening on July 23 and running through Aug. 8, will be held entirely under emergency measures.
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Japan has placed Tokyo under a state of emergency that will last throughout the Olympics amid fears that an ongoing Covid-19 surge will multiply during the Games.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the state of emergency would go into effect on Monday and last through until August 22.
This means the Olympics, opening on July 23 and running through until August 8, will be held entirely under emergency measures.
Mr Suga said the state of emergency was needed to “prevent the resurgence of the future spread of cases across the country”.
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The announcement came as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach arrived in the city two weeks before the postponed Games are to open.