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Tokyo Olympics: Covid-19 cases linked to Games now 148; PM Yoshihide Suga’s support falls
- Tokyo 2020 organisers said three of the 16 new cases were athletes, while the Dutch rowing team is isolating after coronavirus cases in its camp
- Meanwhile, a Nikkei survey found just 34 per cent support for the prime minister, who had hoped to contain the virus for a successful Games
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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games organisers on Monday reported 16 more coronavirus cases, including three infections among athletes, as a poll found support for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga slid nine points to 34 per cent, its lowest since he took office last September.
Those who tested positive included contractors and employees of Tokyo 2020, according to a statement. Six of the 16 are Japanese residents. Only one of those affected was staying in the Olympic Village.
The new figures bring to 148 the total number of reported infections connected with the event.
While Monday marks the fifth straight day of infections in double figures, with a record 19 reported on Friday, the total so far is relatively small as a percentage of the number of attendees. Just 0.02 per cent of tests in the three days to Sunday returned a positive result.
Nevertheless, some experts remain uneasy about the effect of the Games on the spread of the virus as the more infectious Delta variant becomes more dominant.
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