Tokyo guv still optimistic in holding Olympics despite recent COVID-19 spike

By Leobert Julian A. de la Peña

 

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is still confident that Japan can pull-off holding the games in next year’s Olympics despite the recent sudden spike of COVID-19 cases.

Just this month, it was reported that Japan experienced another increase in their total COVID-19 cases with a nationwide daily tally of more than 2,000.

However, Koike said that all the necessary measures are now put into place and the Japanese government is implementing the health protocols issued by their COVID-19 team.

“As the host city, I’m determined to achieve the games whatever it takes,” Governor Koike said in a news conference in Tokyo.

To add to Koike’s determination in holding the Olympics next year, she met with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to further discuss the growing cases of COVID-19.

Part of their meeting involved the counter-measures on how to halt the sudden upturn of the virus especially that they only have several months left before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

According to the health ministry of Japan, Tokyo had 500 cases last week and added 186 the week after that brought up the total cases of the country to 134,000.