The Tokyo Olympic Games’ planned spectator limit of 10.000 people
is to be evaluated, with the possibility of having no spectators at all.
Sources confirmed on Friday that the Japanese government and
other organizers of the Tokyo Olympics are planning to host a meeting next week
to discuss the issue.
With Tokyo still at a lockdown as the coronavirus cases are
rising steadily since mid-June. What
will the fate of the 2021 Olympic Games be?
The Japanese Prime Minister, speaking to the press made it
clear that the Tokyo Olympics may go ahead without spectators.
“I have made it clear,” the Prime Minister of Japan,
Yoshihide Suga said that “Having no spectators at the Tokyo Olympics is a
possibility. We shall take steps as we prioritize the safety and security of
the people.”
Covid infections have been on the rise in Japan. Tokyo has
been particularly hardly hit.
A new study by the National Institution of Infectious Diseases
working with the University Research was published last week. The study forecasts
that even in the best-case scenario cases in Tokyo will likely reach 1.000 per
day in July and 2.000 in August.
A further increase due to the Olympic Games could mean that
hospital beds could run out in Tokyo by August, according to the same study.
Japan will proceed with the Tokyo Olympics despite concerns raised
by Japanese health officials and others from around the world who worry about
the outcome of such an enormous global event while the pandemic is raging there.
Let us say that our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected
by this terrible disease and wishing them a speedy and total recovery. And hoping that all people in the world will be inoculated against this terrible plague so that the Tokyo Olympics will take place with both spectators and athletes
being happy and healthy.
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