More movement during Tokyo Games may increase infections: expert

An expert attending the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizers' panel on COVID-19 countermeasures said Friday that the increased flow of people within Japan during the games could lead to a rise in the number of infections.Non-panel member Taisuke Nakata, a University of Tokyo associate professor invited to the meeting, also said his team's tentative calculations suggested the impact of 78,000 overseas stakeholders in Japan during the games would have a "limited" impact on infections inside the country.The panel, which met for the first time since it initially convened on April 30, is sc…READ FULL ARTICLE