Covid-19 still dangours ,All athletes still wear disposable face mask .The Tokyo Olympic are in full swing, and the epidemic in Japan has deteriorated sharply in recent days. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), as of July 31, Japan has increased the number of confirmed cases by more than 10,000 for the third consecutive day. On July 31, there were 12,341 new confirmed cases and 4,058 new cases in Tokyo in a single day. A new high since the outbreak.
At the time when the epidemic counterattack was so swift and violent, the Japanese who had previously boycotted the Tokyo Olympics went out of their homes and went to the main Olympic venues and other Olympic attractions to take photos and “check in”, bringing new difficulties to the prevention and control of the epidemic.
Due to the worsening of the epidemic situation, the Japanese government announced on July 30 that the three counties of the metropolitan area, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba and Osaka will implement a state of emergency from August 2 to August 31. In addition, the state of emergency being implemented in Tokyo and Okinawa prefectures has also been extended to August 31.
However, what the Japanese government did not expect was that the Japanese people who boycotted the Tokyo Olympics because of fear of the spread of the epidemic did not escape the fate of being “spoken and straightforward.” During the past week, they gathered near the Olympic venues. , Feel the Olympic atmosphere up close.
The statues of the Olympic rings erected near the Shin National Stadium, the main venue of the Tokyo Olympics, and the Olympic flame platform set up at the “Dream Bridge” in Tokyo have become the main “check-in spots” for the Japanese people, especially the statues of the Olympic rings. Go to take photos There are even long queues of tourists.
“It’s boring to watch TV at home all the time. There are no spectators on the field. You can only come here to feel the Olympic spirit.” A Tokyo resident told CNN. I also want to show the photos of the five Olympic rings.”
When interviewing tourists taking pictures in front of the Olympic flame, a reporter said that the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee had persuaded the people to avoid gathering to “watch the torch”, but was stunned by the tourist. Stay here!”
According to a Reuters report, although most of the Olympic games declined spectators to watch live, competitions such as the triathlon mixed relay held in Odaiba Seaside Park in Tokyo still attracted many people to watch. These “fans” gathered on the periphery of the stadium, craned their necks to find the athletes they followed.
CNN said that although previous polls showed that the Japanese people were mostly opposed to hosting the Olympics, “but when the game started, they forgot the previous boycotts, and they were more concerned about the performance of Japanese athletes and how many medals they won.”
Enthusiasm returns to enthusiasm, and it is also true that the epidemic has worsened. Although Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said that the rapid increase in the number of new cases in Tokyo and across the country has nothing to do with the Tokyo Olympics, the Imperial Household Agency of Japan has announced that Emperor Naruhito will be absent from the closing ceremony of the Olympics. According to a report from Kyodo News Agency on August 1, since July 1, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of Olympic-related personnel has reached 264. The test of the new crown virus on the Tokyo Olympics continues, and the risk of the epidemic is increasing.
Post time: Aug-04-2021