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Olympics Tokyo doctor at the crossroads of a COVID-19 crisis and a quiet Olympics

Ju-min Park 3 minute read TOKYO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - After more than a year at the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic, Japanese emergency doctor Shoji Yokobori finds himself at the unlikely calm of the Olympics, overseeing a venue with strict protocols, no spectators and low infection risks. A volunteer medical officer at the Tokyo Olympics weightlifting venue, Yokobori and a team of around a dozen other medical staff are yet to see a major injury, let alone a coronavirus outbreak. It s a world apart from the strain of his regular job running the intensive care unit at Tokyo s Nippon Medical School Hospital, fighting a fifth wave of the pandemic that is pushing the city s medical care system to the brink.

Tokyo doctor at the crossroads of a COVID-19 crisis and a quiet Olympics

Tokyo doctor at the crossroads of a COVID-19 crisis and a quiet Olympics Nippon Medical School Hospital s ICU doctor Shoji Yokobori rides in a subway train as he heads to Tokyo International Forum, the weightlifting venue of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where he works as an emergency medicine officer overseeing the venue in Tokyo, Japan, August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon August 4, 2021 By Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) -After more than a year at the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic, Japanese emergency doctor Shoji Yokobori finds himself at the unlikely calm of the Olympics, overseeing a venue with strict protocols, no spectators and low infection risks.

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