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Two more staff members in the Tokyo Olympics Village have been infected with the COVID-19. According to reports, the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics will proceed without spectators, and some events will also be held behind closed doors.
With less than three weeks left before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, this sporting event continues to be affected by the haze of the pandemic. The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee confirmed that two more Olympic athlete village staff have been infected with COVID-19, and the cumulative number of confirmed staff has increased to 12.
Affected by the pandemic, the Olympic COVID-19 countermeasures may also be further tightened. "The Asahi Shimbun" quoted government sources as saying that the authorities intend to allow only a small number of Olympic-related people, including sponsors and diplomats from various countries, to watch the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics.
In addition, competitions that start after 9 pm or are held in large venues with a capacity of more than 10,000 will be held behind closed doors. Smaller venues can accommodate half of the maximum number of spectators. However, the Olympic Minister Marukawa Zhuyo said that no relevant arrangements have been discussed for the time being.
"Kyodo News" quoted Chinese news reports that China plans to send Vice Premier Sun Chunlan of the State Council to attend the opening ceremony of the East Olympics.
In addition, the primary and secondary schools in the cities where the Olympic venues are located last year applied for a total of about 1.3 million Olympic tickets through the "Joint Schools Watching Project" program for school children to watch the games. However, as the epidemic continues, many schools worry about possible risks and have cancelled their applications. Among them, 175,000, or nearly 60% of the tickets in the three counties around Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa, have been cancelled.