after being identified as a close contact of a case. her pcr test has now come back as negative which means under the rules for those who are double vaccinated she no longer has to isolate. as the paralympics enter a second week of competition, the covid situation in tokyo is continuing to worsen. there are now more than 10 thousand people seriously ill, there are now more than 10,000 people seriously ill, waiting for hospital beds. hospitals say they can t deal with the growing numbers of serious cases let alone if there were an outbreak in the paralympic village. as it stands, around 44% of japan s population is fully vaccinated. 0ur tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has been travelling with a medical team in southern tokyo. in the back of the car, dr kazuma tashiro is trying to find a hospital bed for one of his covid patients. in this densely packed part of southern tokyo, there are now dozens of covid patients who need to be in hospital but can t get a bed. dr tashi
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in this densely packed part of southern tokyo, there are now dozens of covid patients who need to be in hospital but can t get a bed. dr tashiro and his team are a literal lifeline. in this block, a 61 year old man is very sick and on oxygen. so, last night i called him to check if he was alive and he could talk with me at the time, but this morning i couldn t talk with him by phone so i m very anxious for his health condition. as soon as he enters, it s apparent the man is alive. it turns out he hasn t been able to pay his phone bill, so it s been cut off. he has also removed his oxygen mask, and, as he checks, he finds his blood oxygen level is very low. his saturate is below two, the blood oxygen level is only 92%,
who the rebels. president emanuel scratch lee perry pledges to rebuild the country. he made the announcement and a church in mozul. week two gets under way for tokyo. there are now more than 10,000 seriously ill people waiting for hospital beds. our correspondent has been travelling with the medical team in tokyo as they fight to keep their patients alive. in the back of the car, dr kazuma tashiro is trying to find a hospital bed for one of his covid patients. in this densely packed part of southern tokyo, there are now dozens of covid patients who need to be in hospital but can t get a bed. dr tashiro and his team are a literal lifeline. in this block, a 61 year old man is very sick and on oxygen. so, last night, i called him to check if he was alive and he could talk with me at the time.
in the paralympic village. our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has been travelling with a medical team in southern tokyo as they fight to keep patients alive and try to find them hospital beds. in the back of the car, this doctor is trying to find a hospital bed for one of his covid patients. in this densely packed part of southern tokyo, there are no dozens of covid patients who need to be in hospital but can t get a bed. he and his team are a literal lifeline. in this block, a 61 year old man is very sick and on oxygen. so, last night, i called him to check if he was alive and he could talk with me at the time. but this morning, i couldn t talk with him by phone, so i m very anxious for his healthy conditions. as soon as he enters,