Tokyo Olympic organisers to secure 300 hotel rooms for athletes with COVID-19

Women work out in front of the Olympic rings near the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan January 22, 2021. [REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon]

Tokyo Olympic organisers plan to prepare 300 hotel rooms for athletes who test positive for the coronavirus at this summer’s Games but show no or minor symptoms of COVID-19, Kyodo news agency said on Sunday.

Japan’s government is placing Tokyo under a month-long state of “quasi-emergency” from Monday to combat surging infections, less than a month after a broader state of emergency was lifted for the capital and Olympic host.