Delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics kicks off in Tokyo as Japan grapples with growing COVID-19 crisis that shows no signs of slowing down. Protesters calling for the Games to be canceled gathered outside the Olympic Stadium ahead of the opening ceremony.
The delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics kicked off in Tokyo on Tuesday as Japan grapples with a growing COVID-19 crisis that has showed no signs of slowing down.
Protesters calling for the Games to be canceled gathered outside the Olympic Stadium in Japan's capital ahead of Tuesday's opening ceremony. Like the 2020 Olympics, which ended on Aug. 8, this year's Paralympics is taking place amid a state of emergency. More than a dozen Japanese prefectures, including Tokyo, are currently under emergency measures related to COVID-19. The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics were both postponed a year due to the pandemic.
Japan's daily number of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases has been breaking records in recent days and weeks, while the daily death toll has stayed below the record 216 fatalities reported on May 18. The Japanese government and the Tokyo metropolitan government issued a joint appeal on Monday to hospitals in the capital to admit more COVID-19 patients as cases rise.
"The delta variant's strong infectiousness just isn't comparable to previous ones," Japanese Health Minister Norihisa Tamura said as he stood alongside Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike."We would like to have further support from the medical community to secure hospital beds for coronavirus patients."
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