Tokyo to be under virus emergency throughout Olympics: Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said that the government will impose a state of emergency in Tokyo
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Japan’s government on Thursday announced a new virus state of emergency stretching throughout the Tokyo Olympics, as reports said organizers could bar fans from almost all events at the Games.
“We will impose the state of emergency in Tokyo,” Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said at a government meeting on infection measures. The period will be until August 22.
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Published: July 8, 2021, 15:15 IST