The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics will begin at 8 pm at the National Stadium in the main stadium.
Due to the re-expansion of the new coronavirus infection, the event will be held without spectators.
Admission march is in alphabetical order Japan appears last
Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, which will be held after a one-year postponement, was forced to be dismissed or resigned due to past behavior of the person in charge of directing and composing just before It will be held at the National Stadium from 8 pm.
The opening ceremony was held without spectators as an infection prevention measure, and the number of attendees at the IOC = International Olympic Committee and competition groups, which was initially expected to be about 10,000, was reduced to about 950.
In addition, the admission march has been extended by 30 minutes from the original schedule because the distance between the players is 2 meters.
After the refugee team entered Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games, the march was held in the order of the Japanese syllabary, and the last three were the United States, the host country of the 2028 Games, and the 2024 Games. We will march in the order of the host country, France, and the host country, Japan.
From the perspective of gender equality, the team will be headed by one male and one female from this tournament, and in Japan, basketball boy Rui Hachimura and wrestling girl Yui Susaki will serve.
At the opening ceremony, it will be interesting to see who will be the final runner of the torch relay and how the torch stand will be lit.
Governor Koike of Tokyo told reporters, "Today is a particularly important day, and it is also a day to decorate one page of history. We will celebrate a historic day and overcome many difficulties to invite and prepare for the tournament. First of all, I would like to think about the many people who have been involved. It is the day when I renewed my determination to make the tournament a success. "
The area around the venue is crowded
Preparations are underway such as expanding the scope of traffic restrictions around the national stadium where the opening ceremony starts at 8:00 pm, but it seems that the area around the venue is crowded with many people visiting and taking pictures. It was seen.
The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics will be held unattended at the National Stadium following the re-expansion of the new coronavirus infection.
Aoyama-dori near the venue was closed from 4 pm, and police officers and guards were calling for a round.
Many people visited the area around the venue and took pictures in front of the stadium and the monument of the Olympic symbol.
Also, at the facility near the stadium, an official shop selling official tournament goods was open, and customers buying goods were lining up.
A man in his thirties in Akishima, Tokyo, who was visiting with a friend, said, "I'm sorry for the non-audience, but I thought I'd just enjoy the atmosphere. I was surprised that there were many people, but they were all wearing masks, so they were infected. I don't think I'm worried. "
A woman in her 60s, who was buying goods, said, "I went so far to buy a stuffed animal after seeing Blue Impulse. I'm going home and watching the opening ceremony on TV."
University hospital in Tokyo The moderate sickbed is full due to mutant virus infection
With the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, the spread of the new coronavirus has not stopped, and at university hospitals in Tokyo, the number of younger generations infected with the highly infectious mutant virus "Delta strain" has increased rapidly, and the number of beds for moderate disease has increased. It means that the bed is full.
Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo treats severe and moderately ill patients with the new corona. In the last two weeks, the number of patients has increased at a stretch, and although severe beds are still accepted, there are cases where more than 20 moderate beds are full and hospitalization has to be refused.
According to the hospital, 18 out of 23 inpatients as of the 21st are in their 50s or younger, 6 in their 50s, 6 in their 40s, and 6 in their 30s or younger.
The footage taken by the hospital recorded a young man being carried to the hospital in a special wheelchair equipped with a "negative pressure device" that prevents the virus from spreading. At this hospital, more than 30% of patients are infected with the mutant virus "Delta strain" that has spread in India, and since the infectivity is strong and there are many parts that are still unknown, we will take measures to separate the hospital room from other patients. I am.
There is a concern that the number of seriously ill patients will increase in the future, and at this hospital, it is also supposed to respond when Olympic athletes and tournament officials are infected, and the bed will be tight during the tournament, which may affect regional medical care. I am strengthening the sense of crisis.
“The moderate beds are completely tight. The number of patients has doubled in the past week, and the number of patients is increasing faster than ever before, and there is great concern that the infection will spread further,” said Minoru Ueki, assistant director of the hospital. If the number increases further, it will affect regional medical care and emergency medical care, such as not being able to decide where to accept general emergency patients. ..
Patients in their 50s or younger are being transported to the Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital one after another.
The footage taken by the hospital recorded a young man being carried to the hospital in a special wheelchair equipped with a "negative pressure device" that prevents the virus from spreading. The man is hospitalized as a moderately ill patient.
In addition, the critical care beds continued to treat patients in their 50s who were infected with the variant virus "Alpha strain" that spread in the United Kingdom. Men are wearing a heart-lung machine (ECMO), but they are in a dangerous condition. Many medical staff had to deal with each patient, such as aspiration of sputum.