03:14Anti-Paralympics protesters demonstrated in Tokyo on Friday, as the Paralympics flame arrived in the capital amid surging COVID cases.
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics are set to start on August 24 with the venues being closed to the general public with the exception of children, according to reports.
Hiroshi Toshino, one of the protesters said, “It is now necessary to urgently set up a hospital, to hospitalise people who have not been hospitalised, and to repeat thorough the PCR tests. This is not the time when such resources are to be used for Olympic and Paralympic athletes."
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Tokyo has registered more than 297,000 cases of the coronavirus, with 2,358 deaths with the disease, according to Johns Hopkins University's data.
Japan: Anti-Paralympics protest held in Tokyo
Anti-Paralympics protesters demonstrated in Tokyo on Friday, as the Paralympics flame arrived in the capital amid surging COVID cases.
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics are set to start on August 24 with the venues being closed to the general public with the exception of children, according to reports.
Hiroshi Toshino, one of the protesters said, “It is now necessary to urgently set up a hospital, to hospitalise people who have not been hospitalised, and to repeat thorough the PCR tests. This is not the time when such resources are to be used for Olympic and Paralympic athletes."
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Tokyo has registered more than 297,000 cases of the coronavirus, with 2,358 deaths with the disease, according to Johns Hopkins University's data.
Anti-Paralympics protesters demonstrated in Tokyo on Friday, as the Paralympics flame arrived in the capital amid surging COVID cases.
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics are set to start on August 24 with the venues being closed to the general public with the exception of children, according to reports.
Hiroshi Toshino, one of the protesters said, “It is now necessary to urgently set up a hospital, to hospitalise people who have not been hospitalised, and to repeat thorough the PCR tests. This is not the time when such resources are to be used for Olympic and Paralympic athletes."
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Tokyo has registered more than 297,000 cases of the coronavirus, with 2,358 deaths with the disease, according to Johns Hopkins University's data.