Tokyo Olympics COVID

• Tokyo heading towards ‘explosive expansion’ in COVID-19 cases as Olympics continue

  Nationwide, Japan reported more than 9,500 confirmed cases, also a record, on Wednesday for a total of about 892,000, with about 15,000 deaths.

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  Jul 29, 2021
  
• Will the Olympics set the world back in its fight against COVID-19? Experts weigh in

  The Olympic Games, which began last Friday and end on Aug. 8, is taking place at a time where the host city has been seeing a rise in infections for weeks.

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  Jul 28, 2021
  
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• Tokyo sets new record in COVID-19 cases with Olympics underway

  The new cases exceeded the earlier record of 2,848 set the previous day and brought the total for the Japanese capital to 206,745 since the pandemic began.

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  Jul 28, 2021
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• Tokyo governor urges young people to get COVID-19 vaccines as cases surge

  Officials are reminding the Japanese public that mostly unvaccinated younger people are now dominating the new cases, while cases among vaccinated elderly people have dropped.

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  Jul 28, 2021
• Tokyo reports most COVID-19 cases in 6 months as athletes arrive for Olympics

  Highly contagious virus variants have fueled the latest wave of infections in Tokyo, where the Olympic Games will begin on July 23 and end Aug. 8.

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  Jul 14, 2021