A nurse receives the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Fujita Health University Hospital in Toyoake, Aichi prefecture, central Japan, on March 8, 2021. Some nurses in Japan are incensed at a request from Tokyo Olympic organizers to have 500 of them dispatched to help out with the games. They say they’re already near the breaking point dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO Some nurses in Japan are incensed at a request from Tokyo Olympic organizers to have 500 of them dispatched to help out with the games. They say they’re already near the breaking point dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
Nurses voice anger at request for more health workers to help with Tokyo Olympics amid COVID-19 crisis
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Tokyo Olympics organisers request for 500 nurses met with backlash The Tokyo Olympics is set to take place in July despite the Covid-19 pandemic Yuri Kageyama and Stephen Wade, Associated Press 03 May, 2021 03:11
Some nurses in Japan are incensed at a request from Tokyo Olympics organisers to have 500 of them dispatched to help out with the games.
They say they are already near the breaking point dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
Olympic officials have said they will need 10,000 medical workers to staff the games, and the request for more nurses comes amid a new spike in the virus with Tokyo and Osaka under a state of emergency.