Olympics COVID protocols contrast Tokyo’s lockdown fatigue

Residents have largely returned to the streets of Tokyo amid a surge in infection as Olympics remain closely controlled.

The Tokyo Olympics organisers are running a village for athletes and coaches where more than 80 percent are vaccinated against the coronavirus, testing is compulsory and movement is stringently curtailed. None of that is true for the giant Japanese capital that surrounds the Olympic “bubble”. The athletes’ village and Olympic press centre represent a huge, strict COVID-19 control zone for more than 50,000 competitors, coaches, staff and journalists.