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Japan bans fans at Tokyo-area Olympics venues due to virus

Posted by AugustusFerdinand
Tags: coronaviruses.covid19, japan.tokyo, supporters, stadiums, olympics.summer 2020, author.mari yamaguchi, author.stephen wade, source.associated press
https://apnews.com/article/tokyo-lifestyle-health-coronavirus-pandemic-olympic-games-5fe54df9b5c06abbc54a633cbd0d907e

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Title
Fans banned at Olympics; Tokyo under state of emergency
Published
Jul 8 2021
Word count
856 words

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    Fans will be banned from Tokyo-area stadiums and arenas when the Olympics begin in two weeks, the city’s governor said Thursday after meeting with organizers of the pandemic-postponed games.

    That means the Olympics will be a largely TV-only event, after the Japanese government put the capital under a COVID-19 state of emergency because of rising new infections and the highly contagious delta variant.