Tokyo to enter 4th COVID-19 emergency, covering Olympics period

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government is set to put Tokyo under what will be its fourth COVID-19 state of emergency from Monday to Aug. 22, a period that will cover the duration of the Olympics, in an effort to curb a resurgence in coronavirus infections.With the measure, the government aims to curb the movements of people during the Tokyo Olympics and the summer vacation, including Japan's "bon" holiday in mid-August.The Summer Games, which will open July 23 and end Aug. 8, will be held behind closed doors at almost all venues.On Sunday, the Tokyo metropolitan government reported 614 …READ FULL ARTICLE