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The inability of Japan to contain the COVID-19 pandemic means that plans to stage the Olympics in Tokyo should be reconsidered, health experts wrote in a commentary.
Even as Japan expands quasi-emergency measures to stop a fourth wave of infections, the 2020 Games, already delayed by one year, are due to begin in fewer than 100 days.
According to the commentary published in the British Medical Journal on Wednesday, Japan has exhibited “poor performance” in containing virus transmission, along with limited testing capacity and a slow vaccination rollout.
“Plans to hold the Olympic and Paralympic games this summer must be reconsidered as a matter of urgency,” wrote lead author Kazuki Shimizu of the London School of Economics.
“Holding Tokyo 2020 for domestic political and economic purposes–ignoring scientific and moral imperatives–is contradictory to Japan’s commitment to global health and human security.”
The commentary adds to a drum beat of skepticism among medical professionals that the Olympics can be carried out safely this summer.
A survey of more than 1,000 Japanese doctors last month revealed that 75% believed it was better to postpone the Games, according to physician referral company Ishinotomo.
Kyoto University professor Hiroshi Nishiura, an advisor to the government’s pandemic response, urged in a magazine commentary this week that authorities postpone the Olympics one year to allow for more time to vaccinate the public.
Japan began its inoculation push in February, later than most major economies. Only 0.9% of the Japanese public have received their first shot so far, compared with 2.5% in South Korea, and 48% in the United Kingdom.
Olympic and government officials have said further postponement of the Games is out of the question.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday the government would do “everything possible” to prevent further contagion ahead of the Games, after a ruling party official said cancelling the event remained an option.
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