Japan's Fukushima, in reversal, bars spectators from Olympic events

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Fukushima bars spectators from Olympic events due to rising COVID-19 cases

as a resurgent coronavirus forced Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to declare a state of emergency in the capital that will run throughout the Games, which were already postponed by a year due to the pandemic.

Fukushima, hosting seven softball and baseball games, asked Olympics organisers to ban spectators and the request was accepted, said Governor Masao Uchibori."The situation of rising infections in the prefecture warrants no optimism," he told a news conference.

 

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