Photo: Getty ImagesSix people who helped with Japan's Olympic Torch relay were diagnosed with Covid-19, bringing the total number of participants in the event who got the coronavirus to eight, organisers said. Earlier last month, two other people who helped with the torch relay on the southern island of Shikoku were diagnosed with Covid-19, including a police officer in his 30s who guided traffic in Kagawa prefecture. The Tokyo 2020 organisers urged people to comply with Covid-19 guidelines. Japan last month declared a Covid-19 state of emergency for the major population centres of Tokyo and Osaka and two other areas set to last until May 11 to contain a fourth wave of infections. The Games, delayed by a year because of the pandemic, are scheduled to open on July 23.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 02, 2021 03:33 UTC