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Tokyo governor to shutter public viewing sites for Olympics

By Kaelan Deese
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Tokyo governor to shutter public viewing sites for Olympics

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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