Japan hospitalises first Paralympics participant with COVID-19 -Kyodo

  • 8/26/2021
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TOKYO, Aug 26 (Reuters) - A foreign participant in the Paralympic Games in Japan has been hospitalised with non-severe symptoms of COVID-19, Kyodo News said on Thursday, citing the Games" organising committee. It is the first hospitalisation of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, which opened on Tuesday. Hospitals in Japan treating COVID-19 patients have usually reserved beds for people showing severe symptoms. The national government and the Tokyo Metropolitan government appealed on Monday to hospitals in the capital to accept more COVID-19 patients. Less than 10% of coronavirus patients are hospitalised in Tokyo, and the low level of admissions has added to public frustration with the government"s COVID-19 response, undermining voter support for Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. (Corrects to "participant" rather than "athlete" in headline and lead paragraph)

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