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Too exhausted after WC to go after WTT but for anyone who needs it:
Official Osaka Govt covid stats: https://covid19-osaka.info/en/
Pop is 8.8m
Testing rates are low, cases with unknown transmission route high
Check Insta, international skaters aren't quarantining or wearing masks
Official Osaka Govt covid stats: https://covid19-osaka.info/en/
Pop is 8.8m
Testing rates are low, cases with unknown transmission route high
Check Insta, international skaters aren't quarantining or wearing masks
Governor of Osaka will soon declare a medical emergency.
ICU beds in Osaka Prefecture are 60.3% full as of April 4th, up from only 20% in March. An emergency is triggered when capacity reaches 70%. https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20210405-OYT1T50140/
ICU beds in Osaka Prefecture are 60.3% full as of April 4th, up from only 20% in March. An emergency is triggered when capacity reaches 70%. https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20210405-OYT1T50140/
The Triathlon World Cup scheduled for the 8th of May in Osaka has been cancelled. The competition was to be a Tokyo Olympic qualifying event but the Japan Triathlon Union couldn't meet isolation requirements for international athletes. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210405/k10012957991000.html
Today Osaka recorded its highest daily case numbers since the pandemic began & marked the 8th straight day of exceeding Tokyo’s numbers.
Testing rates remain low & cases with an unknown route of transmission continue to account for more than 50% of cases https://twitter.com/nhk_news/status/1379345387996147719
Testing rates remain low & cases with an unknown route of transmission continue to account for more than 50% of cases https://twitter.com/nhk_news/status/1379345387996147719
Residents of Osaka City have been asked to refrain from going out/moving unnecessarily within & outside Osaka Prefecture from April 5th to May 5th.
World Team Trophy will take place in Osaka with a live audience from all over Japan from April 15th to 18th. https://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/seisakukikakushitsu/page/0000500056.html
World Team Trophy will take place in Osaka with a live audience from all over Japan from April 15th to 18th. https://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/seisakukikakushitsu/page/0000500056.html
The governor of Osaka has declared a medical emergency. Osaka Prefecture recorded over 800 new covid cases today, the highest since the pandemic began, breaking the previous record set just yesterday. https://twitter.com/MomentsJapan/status/1379674209719250944?s=20
The governor of Osaka will cancel the Olympic torch relay that was to pass through the prefecture mid-April due to record breaking covid case numbers.
World Team Trophy is still scheduled to take place in Osaka with an audience from April 15th to 18th. https://twitter.com/ReutersSports/status/1379694212569034752?s=20
World Team Trophy is still scheduled to take place in Osaka with an audience from April 15th to 18th. https://twitter.com/ReutersSports/status/1379694212569034752?s=20
Not only are @isu_figure @skatingjapan @figureskate5ch pushing ahead with a live audience at WTT in a medical emergency, but they're holding live viewings at 59 cinemas across 36 prefectures in Japan including Osaka & Tokyo whose numbers are skyrocketing https://liveviewing.jp/figure-wtt2021/
Osaka Prefecture has recorded 905 new covid cases, setting a record for the 3rd day in a row. https://twitter.com/nhk_news/status/1380069663292289025?s=20
Instead of cancelling WTT or at least holding it without an audience @skatingjapan has adjusted the time of the event to align with the weak 8pm curfew issued by the Osaka government. As if covid won't spread among people packed into an arena before 8pm... https://twitter.com/SportsHochi/status/1380072559530500097
The more infectious South African variant accounted for 32.3% of new covid cases in Tokyo in the past week, a 4x increase from only 8.2% the week before. https://twitter.com/nhk_shutoken/status/1380081835925929990?s=20
Osaka daily covid case numbers are projected to surpass 1400 by April 14th, one day before World Team Trophy.
The number of patients requiring hospitalisation is expected to have exceeded bed capacity by several hundreds by the same date. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210408/k10012963761000.html
The number of patients requiring hospitalisation is expected to have exceeded bed capacity by several hundreds by the same date. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210408/k10012963761000.html
