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Tokyo, Jul 8 (EFE/EPA).- The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be held without spectators due to the state of emergency that is to be enforced to curtail a surge in coronavirus cases, the Olympics minister Tamayo Marukawa confirmed Thursday. ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF TOKYO AND THE OLYMPIC STADIUM.
Tokyo, Jul 29 (EFE/EPA).- Japan Friday extended the state of health emergency in Tokyo until August end and expanded the measure to four more neighboring regions after record spikes in Covid-19 infection amid ongoing Olympics in the capital.Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the decision was aimed to contain "the rapid increase in infections" in in the Tokyo and neighboring areas.He warned of a healthcare system collapse if the spike continued with that speed, particularly with the spread of the highly infectious delta variant. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS PEOPLE GATHER AROUND THE OLYMPIC FLAME IN TOKYO; PEDESTRIANS CROSSING A STREET; AND PEOPLE WALK PAST TOKYO 2020 BANNERS IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Tokyo, Jul 28 (EFE/EPA).- Tokyo, where thousands of athletes are participating in the 2020 Olympic Games, saw its biggest single-day increase in coronavirus infections on Wednesday with 3,117 new cases.The previous highest mark was set on Tuesday, with 2,848 cases registered in the Japanese capital, which is currently in a state of emergency due to a new wave of infections fuelled by the highly contagious Delta variant. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER AROUND THE OLYMPIC FLAME IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Tokyo, July 27 (EFE/EPA).- Tokyo on Tuesday added 2,848 new Covid-19 cases, the highest daily rise of infections in the Olympic host city since the pandemic began.The record spike in daily infections comes in the middle of the global sporting event that opened last Friday.The figure is more than the previous record of Jan.7 when health authorities detected 2,520 cases in the Japanese capital, currently in the fourth state of emergency since the pandemic began. (Camera: ARCHIVE). ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS TOKYO 2020 BANNERS LINING THE STREETS OF TOKYO AND DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST AGAINST THE TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Tokyo (Japan), Jul 19 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Franck Robichon) .- The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee said on Monday that 21 people who had close contact with the two South African athletes who tested positive have been identified duringtheir stay at the Olympic Village, the first cases of this type.FOOTAGE OF THE OLYMPIC VILLA IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Tokyo, July 17 (EFE).- (Camera: Archive) The Tokyo Olympics has detected the first Covid-19 infection in the Olympic Village, organizers said on Saturday, less than a week before the Games open in the Japanese capital.The infected person is a member of a foreign Olympic delegation currently in the village where thousands of athletes and officials will reside during the Games. ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF THE PROTESTS ON FRIDAY JULY 16
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