Almost all athletes likely to make it to Tokyo have been given the jab thesundaily.my - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thesundaily.my Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Questions are mounting over the Tokyo Olympics In a world still beset by Covid-19, what use is an event billed as a symbol of recovery? This week was meant to bring the end of Japan’s state of emergency. Imposed on four of the country’s most populous prefectures (including Tokyo) on 25 April, as Covid-19 infection rates rose, the status was originally due to expire tomorrow, 11 May. But not only has Yoshihide Suga, the country’s prime minister, instead extended it to 31 May, but the restrictions will be expanded to take in two more prefectures. Japan’s infection rate has risen steadily since early March and last Friday the country saw more deaths (148) than at any day since the start of the pandemic, as well as the largest number of patients in a severe condition (1,131). Overall daily cases are close to the peaks they reached in January, Japan’s most severe surge to date.
The Tokyo games should be reconsidered, say experts thestar.com.my - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thestar.com.my Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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From the perspective of the International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government, the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo are simply too big to fail. Yet failure is still very much on the table. With less than 100 days until the scheduled start, Covid-19 cases are on the rise across Japan. Anger about the Games is also on the rise in Japan, with “Cancelling Olympics” trending on Twitter there last week. One recent poll found that more than seven in 10 people in Japan do not want the Olympics to happen this summer, with 39 percent preferring outright cancellation and another 33 percent favoring further postponement.
Almost all athletes likely to make it to Tokyo have been given the jab Bernama
PETALING JAYA: Despite concerns that the fourth wave of Covid-19 may hit Japan, the Malaysian contingent is all prepared to participate in the Tokyo Olympics.
Almost all athletes who are expected to qualify have already been given the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and are awaiting their second dose next month before departing for Japan.
A bigger concern is, in fact, the postponement or cancellation of other tournaments the Malaysian athletes are to compete in before the Olympics.
They need to compete in those tournaments to qualify for the Tokyo games, according to Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) president Tan Sri Norza Zakaria.