TOKYO -Japan said on Friday it will expand states of emergency to three prefectures near Olympic host Tokyo and the western prefecture of Osaka, as COVID-19 cases spike in the capital and around the country, overshadowing the Summer Games.
Already, 64% of Tokyo's hospital beds available for serious COVID-19 cases are filled as of mid-week. Health Minister Norihisa Tamura said the country had entered a new "extremely frightening" stage as cases are spiking even though the movement of people was not increasing. Yet many people have grown weary of stay-home requests, with some bars refusing to adhere to service restrictions.Suga and Olympics organisers have denied there is any link between the July 23-Aug. 8 Summer Games and the recent sharp spike in cases.
Organisers on Friday reported 27 new Games-related COVID-19 cases including three athletes, bringing the total since July 1 to 220.
There’s 37M people in Tokyo & 3,000 daily infections…. Do that math…….
oh no
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