Tokyo Olympics Torch Relay Has First Positive Covid-19 Case

Tokyo Olympics organizers stated Thursday {that a} policeman examined constructive for COVID-19 a day after his project final week on the Olympic torch relay. It is the primary constructive check linked to the relay because it started March 25 from northeastern Fukushima prefecture. Organizers say the 30-year-old policeman was assigned to manage site visitors on the April 17 leg in southwestern Kagawa prefecture. They stated the officer developed signs and examined constructive the subsequent day. Local well being authorities are investigating. Officials say the policeman was carrying a masks and taking social-distancing precautions and different measures.

The report comes as Japan is getting ready to declare a 3rd state of emergency in western metropolitan areas round Osaka, and in Tokyo. It is anticipated on Friday and is being re-instated after present measures didn’t sluggish the newest resurgence fueled by a brand new, extra contagious variant of the virus detected earlier in Britain.

Japan had 541,496 instances and 9,710 deaths as of Tuesday. These outcomes are good by international customary however poor in Asia. Without obligatory lockdowns, folks in Japan have change into much less cooperative with preventive measures.

The organizers stated all members and officers are taking the perfect precautions and that the case won’t have an effect on the following legs of the torch occasions.

The torch relay entails 10,000 runners crisscrossing Japan for 4 month, ending on the arrival on the National Stadium on July 23 to kick off the scheduled opening ceremony.

For precautions, legs final week have been run in a metropolis park in Osaka and brought off the general public streets. Something comparable is anticipated for some legs on May 1-2 on the southern island of Okinawa.

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