Tokyo governor to shutter public viewing sites for Olympics

Published June 19, 2021 2:03pm ET



The governor of Tokyo announced on Saturday that all public viewing locations for the summer Olympics will be closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The decision comes as the Tokyo Olympics are set to begin in about a month. Some members of the public remain concerned about a potential spike in cases driven by athletes arriving from around the world and the existence of the novel Delta variant of the virus.

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