Tokyo: Japan is considering an extension of two weeks to one month for Coronavirus prevention steps in Tokyo and other regions, Japanese media said on Wednesday, with less than a month to go to the Tokyo Summer Olympics open.
The Japanese capital and other regions are under the emergency of ‘quasi’ which will be appointed on July 12, but uptick recently in infection has officials concerned and can affect the number of viewers who are allowed to enter the Olympic venue.
The Mainichi Shimbun daily said the government was considering an extension of two to four weeks, which would overlap with the Olympics, because it was open on July 23 after the delay of Pandemi.
Government meetings later will discuss how to deal with signs of upcoming surges that have experts who are worried and ignite concerns about the spread of more contagious variants.
“Every decision on quasi-emergency measures will be taken based on the policies we have,” Head of Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said at a press conference.
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The situation of ‘quasi’ audience emergency caps at 5,000.
Olympic organizers say the audience will be allowed to half the venue capacity or a maximum of 10,000, although foreign audiences have been banned.
The media said Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike would work from home because of an unlimited period after his release on Wednesday since Wednesday, where he had recovered from fatigue.
Tokyo has decided to move from public roads in the first half of the 15 days of Olympic torch relay scheduled for the capital.
Officials have promised the game “safe and secure” but faced continuous resistance from most of the public, his worries ferred more than two Uganda delegates tested positive after arriving in Japan.
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Public Broadcaster NHK said the government was compiling measures for all foreign athletes in regional training camps ahead of the Olympics to stop training and quarantine in their rooms if one of their group tests was positive.
This size will continue until all have a negative virus test, NHK added, without identifying the source.
Asked about a stronger screening guideline, the organizer of Tokyo 2020 said in email that positive testing at the airport will be quarantined and authorized in the host area will decide how to categorize “contact lid”.
“We noticed the cases last week involving the Uganda team,” they added, by saying that all the relevant information collected about it would be weighed in running the game.