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State of Emergency in Tokyo For Olympic Games
As COVID cases are rising, Tokyo fights back by placing Tokyo under a state of emergency
State of emergency for Japan
Starting from July 12th and running until August 22nd, Japan has announced a state of emergency and various countermeasures to combat the rising COVID cases in the face of the opening ceremony of the Summer Games.
The Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga, states, “taking into consideration the effect of coronavirus variants and not to let the infections spread again to the rest of the nation, we need to strengthen our countermeasures.”
According to the new rules, bars and restaurants will be closed by 11:00 and will not be allowed to serve alcohol.
What about the Games?
The Games have already been delayed due to the pandemic. At first, the idea of barring spectators from the Olympics was merely under consideration. However, it has now been confirmed on July 8th by the Prime Minister, that
Already, the torch relay ceremony in Matsuyam, a city in Western Japan, was canceled a whopping 100 days before. On April 14, it was canceled over dramatically increasing COVID cases.
