Encouraging Indian athletics at Tokyo Olympics 2020

Encouraging Indian athletics at Tokyo Olympics 2020

The Olympic Games begin on 23 July, with organisers determined they will go on, even with a reduced number of spectators or possibly none at all. While Japan have made remarkable progress to vaccinate its population against COVID-19, the drive is losing steam because of supply shortages.

With tens of thousands of visitors coming to a country that is only 13.8 percent fully vaccinated, gaps in border controls have emerged, highlighted by the discovery of infections among the newly arrived team from Uganda, with positive tests for the highly contagious delta variant.

As cases grow in Tokyo, so have fears that the Games will spread the virus.