Members of the Australian athletics team at the TokyoOlympics had to briefly isolate in their rooms after American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks tested positive for COVID-19
"We didn't expect to win the race because the Americans and Australians are so strong," said a shocked Zhang Yufei, who only found out she had to swim in the relay after her Olympic record gold in the 200m butterfly an hour earlier.In Tokyo, where pandemic restrictions are mostly voluntary outside the "Olympic bubble", daily infections hit a record 3,865. Daily cases nationwide topped 10,000 for the first time, domestic media said.
The government was set to declare a state of emergency in four prefectures outside of Tokyo and extend current ones in Tokyo and Okinawa until the end of August, broadcaster NHK said. Japan's top medical adviser urged the government to send a stronger message about the growing risks from the pandemic, including to the medical system.Only 26.5% of residents of Japan are fully vaccinated, and the rollout has hit supply snags recently. More than 60% of Tokyo hospital beds available for serious COVID-19 cases were already filled as of Tuesday, city data showed.
Still, organisers have reported 193 COVID-19 cases related to the Games, a miniscule number given the tens of thousands of people involved in the event."The Olympic population is the best tested population, it's living separate from the Japanese people, it's tested every day, it's highly vaccinated—high vaccination rate," International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach told Reuters on the sidelines of a fencing event.
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