With 100 days until the Tokyo Olympics, Japan has vaccinated less than 1% of its population. That's a problem

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With 100 days to go until the Games, already postponed a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, questions remain over how Tokyo can hold a massive sporting event and keep volunteers, athletes, officials -- and the Japanese public -- safe from Covid-19.

Tokyo When 2020 Tokyo Olympics volunteers have in recent weeks asked officials how they'll be protected from Covid-19, given the foreign athletes pouring into Japan for the event and the country's low vaccination rate, the answer has been simple.

They'll be given a small bottle of hand sanitizer and two masks each."They don't talk about vaccines, they don't even talk about us being tested," said German volunteer Barbara Holthus, who is director of Sophia University's German Institute for Japanese Studies, in Tokyo.That concern has been amplified by Japan's battle with a looming fourth wave.

Fukushima residents still suffering as 'recovering Olympics' press ahead 04:38Questions over athletesEven countries with almost no infections have struggled to hold major sporting events during the pandemic. In January, some players arriving in Melbourne for the Australian Open tennis tournament complained on social media about the strict health screening measures they encountered. At one point, spectators were banned for several days amid a small Covid-19 outbreak in the city.

 

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