Key words : first village overseas
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The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee says a foreign national staying at the Athletes' Village has tested positive for the coronavirus.
This is the first positive case to be confirmed at the village among people from abroad. The facility opened on Tuesday.
The organizing committee said the person was tested on Friday, but didn't disclose further details.
Sources say the person is a non-athlete.
On Saturday, seven other people who are in Japan from overseas in connection with the Tokyo Games were confirmed to be infected, bringing the total to eight. Two of them are members of the media.
One of the seven was reportedly staying in Miyagi Prefecture, where soccer matches are scheduled to take place.
Key words : south african positive
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A member of the South African men's rugby sevens team that arrived in Japan earlier this week to compete in the Tokyo Olympics has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Twenty of the team members were traveling from Tokyo to the city of Kagoshima in southern Japan on Saturday for a pre-Games training camp when they were notified that their fellow member tested positive.
Kagoshima City officials say the person has been transferred to a hospital. The other 19 members are isolating in their hotel rooms.
The officials say more testing will be conducted to confirm whether the person who tested positive is truly infected.
Earlier in the greater Tokyo area, the team went into isolation after someone on their flight to Japan tested positive for the virus.
Key words : narita delegates
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Olympic athletes and officials are surging into Tokyo ahead of the Games opening ceremony in six days.
Arrivals at Narita Airport, east of the capital are due to peak from Saturday through Monday. Several hundred athletes and officials are expected on Saturday.
An aircraft that landed around 8.30 a.m. carried more than 100 Olympic delegates from the Netherlands, India and elsewhere.
The teams disembarked after other passengers, and emerged in the terminal with masks on.
As the coronavirus spreads through the capital, officials are requiring Olympic delegates to observe a so-called "bubble" to avoid contact with members of the public.
The new arrivals are first directed to a coronavirus antigen test site. Those who test negative will head for their pre-Olympic training camps or the Athletes' Village in Tokyo.
Questions have been raised about the feasibility of completely separating Olympic delegates and the public. There have already been cases in which the two parties have mixed.
Meanwhile, a Ugandan athlete who went missing from a pre-Games training camp in Izumisano city, Osaka Prefecture, has left a note. Julius Ssekitoleko, a 20-year-old weightlifter, stated his wish to stay and work in Japan. He says he finds it difficult to make a living in his home country.
Ssekitoleko was found to have bought a ticket for a shinkansen bullet train at a station in Osaka.
He went missing on Friday from his team hotel in Izumisano and has since remained unaccounted for.
City officials say Ssekitoleko was scheduled to leave Japan on Tuesday after he missed out on a spot for the Olympics.
Key words : apec agree fair
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The leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum say they will do more to realize fair access to coronavirus vaccines. The agreement came Friday at an online summit about the pandemic and global economic recovery.
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping all took part.
In a statement, the APEC leaders stressed the need to accelerate equitable access to safe, effective and affordable vaccines.
Suga called on the international community to reaffirm the importance of multilateralism as the world recovers from the pandemic. He also vowed to promote the realization of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
Suga vowed to realize a safe and secure Tokyo Olympics and use the event, which starts next week, to inspire children through the power of sports. Japanese government officials say multiple countries expressed support.
Xi pointed out that China has provided more than 500 million coronavirus vaccine doses to developing countries. He also pledged 3 billion dollars' worth of aid over the next three years to help restore damaged economies.
Xi appeared to take a swipe at the US for attempting to isolate China from new high-tech industry supply chains.
A White House statement issued after the talks says the US is donating more than half a billion vaccines to over 100 countries. Biden also appeared to take a thinly veiled dig at Beijing, by warning vaccines should come without political or economic conditions.
Key words : indonesia record airline
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Coronavirus deaths are soaring in Indonesia. Health authorities on Friday confirmed the daily toll had topped 1,200. Daily infections reached 54,000, amid the spread of the Delta variant first identified in India. The record 1,205 deaths is more than double the figure recorded on July 1.
The Indonesian government predicts new infections could climb to 100,000 per day. Officials are scrambling to secure hospital beds and medical oxygen.
The crisis has rung alarm bells in the region. Some of the around 1,900 Japanese companies that operate in Indonesia are rushing to repatriate their employees and their families, causing a run on airline bookings.
To cope with the demand, All Nippon Airways plans to operate a special flight on July 21, while Japan Airlines has scheduled one for July 25. Both airlines are accepting reservations.
However, expatriates with no corporate affiliation are ineligible. The Japanese Embassy in Jakarta says it is making charter flight arrangements for them. It says more than 2,000 expatriates have shown interest in leaving the country.
Key words : daily tally England
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The daily tally of new coronavirus cases in Britain has surpassed 50,000 for the first time since mid-January.
Most of the 51,870 cases confirmed on Friday were of the Delta variant, first identified in India.
Forty-nine deaths were reported on that day.
The British government is set to lift most restrictions in England on Monday, including the rule to wear face masks inside buildings.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson stressed that, although the number of hospitalized patients and deaths could rise, it is possible to avoid a situation like in January because of the vaccination. The daily COVID death toll in that month frequently topped 1,000.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan says the rule requiring people to wear masks when traveling on public transportation will remain in effect. Some restaurants are considering taking their own measures, such as limiting the number of customers admitted at a time.
More than 60,000 soccer fans filed into a London stadium for the final of the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament between England and Italy a week ago.
Some say supporters crowding around the stadium and in the streets may have contributed to the spread of the virus.
Key words : eiffel reopen
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The Eiffel Tower in Paris has reopened to visitors after being closed for about nine months. The French landmark was closed last October due to the pandemic. New measures are in place against a possible resurgence of the coronavirus.
A queue formed on Friday before the gates opened at 1 p.m. A woman with her family said she was glad she was able to book tickets.
The tower's operator hailed the occasion, saying the reopening symbolizes the return of France's tourism.
However French authorities remain concerned over another surge in infections. The Delta variant, first identified in India, now accounts for more than 60 percent of new cases in the country.
The tower operator is limiting the number of visitors to up to 13,000 a day as a precautionary measure.
Starting Wednesday, it will also ask visitors to show proof of vaccination or a negative test result, in line with new requirements by the French government.
Key words : food south africa unrest
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed that authorities will punish the people who instigated a week of violence and destruction following the imprisonment of his predecessor. The unrest, described as the worst since South Africa's first democratic election in 1994, is beginning to subside, but food supplies are running short in affected areas.
The rioting erupted after the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma last week, with some protestors looting shops and setting warehouses on fire.
On Friday, Ramaphosa visited KwaZulu-Natal province, which includes the city of Durban, an especially hard-hit area. He said he would not tolerate "anarchy and mayhem."
Media are reporting that looting, arson and road blocks continue to affect some areas.
The destruction of shopping malls has forced people to line up for hours outside shops that are still standing to buy food. In the country's biggest city, Johannesburg, one man said he waited from 6 a.m. to get bread.
Gasoline and medicines are also in short supply because oil factories have been shut and pharmacies vandalized.
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