Olympics likely to open during COVID '明言する／公表する of 緊急'
TOKYO (AP) - 殺到するing COVID-19 事例／患者s in Tokyo have 攻撃する，衝突する a two-month high that almost 保証（人）s the Japanese 政府 will 宣言する a new 明言する／公表する of 緊急 to start next week and continue for the duration of the Tokyo Olympics.
The pandemic-延期するd Olympics open in just over two weeks on July 23.
IOC 大統領 Thomas Bach is scheduled to arrive in Tokyo on Thursday, when he will be 迎える／歓迎するd by the rising 事例／患者s as he self-孤立するs for three days in the International Olympic 委員会's five-星／主役にする hotel in the 資本／首都.
A new 明言する／公表する of 緊急 could lead to a 禁止（する） even on 地元の fans. That 決定／判定勝ち（する） on fans is 推定する／予想するd Friday when 地元の 組織者s 会合，会う with the IOC and others.
The 現在の quasi-明言する／公表する of 緊急 ends Sunday. Tokyo 報告（する）／憶測d 920 new 事例／患者s on Wednesday, up from 714 last Wednesday. It is the highest total since 1,010 were 報告（する）／憶測d on May 13.
総理大臣 Yoshihide Suga met with 重要な 大臣s to discuss ウイルス 対策 and 報道によれば is considering 復帰させるing a 明言する／公表する of 緊急 in the 資本／首都 until Aug. 22. The Olympics end on Aug. 8.
People ride escalators with 旗，新聞一面トップの大見出し／大々的に報道するs to 促進する the Tokyo Olympics scheduled to open on July 23, in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Suga did not 確認する the 報告（する）／憶測 but 公式文書，認めるd Tokyo´s 沸き立つ and 公約するd "to do everything we can to 妨げる the その上の spread of the 感染s."
Suga said he would make a final 決定／判定勝ち（する） Thursday after 協議するing with a パネル盤 of 専門家s.
Fans from abroad were banned from …に出席するing the Olympics months ago. But just two weeks ago, 組織者s and the IOC decided to 許す 発生地s to be とじ込み／提出するd to 50% of capacity but not to 越える 10,000.
The 急に上がるing 事例／患者s are likely to mean that 発生地s will be without any fans, although sponsors and others may have 接近. The no-fan atmosphere could 含む the 開会式 at the $1.4 billion 国家の Stadium.
"The 感染s are in their 拡大 段階 and everyone in this country must 堅固に understand the 真面目さ of it," Dr. Shigeru Omi, a 最高の，を越す 政府 医療の 助言者, told reporters.
He 勧めるd 当局 to quickly take 堅い 対策 ahead of the Olympics with summer vacations approaching.
"The period from July to September is the most 批判的な time for Japan´s COVID-19 対策," Omi said.
Tokyo 知事 Yuriko Koike told reporters that she 推定する／予想するs the 政府 to 宣言する a 明言する／公表する of 緊急 in Tokyo, a fourth for the 資本／首都 since the pandemic began 早期に last year.
分かれて, a 政府 COVID-19 （a）忠告の／（n）警報 パネル盤 met Wednesday and 表明するd 関心s about the 現在進行中の resurgence of the 感染s.
"Two-thirds of the 感染s in the 資本／首都 地域 are from Tokyo, and our 関心 is the spread of the 感染s to 隣接地の areas," said Ryuji Wakita, director-general of the 国家の 学校／設ける of 感染性の 病気s.
The Olympics are 押し進めるing ahead against most 医療の advice, 部分的に／不公平に because the 延期 of 15 months 立ち往生させるd the IOC's income flow. It gets almost 75% of its income from selling broadcast 権利s, and 見積（る）s 示唆する it would lose between $3 billion and $4 billion if the Olympics were 取り消すd.
全国的な, Japan has had about 810,000 事例／患者s and nearly 14,900 deaths. Only 15% of the Japanese are fully vaccinated, still low compared to 47.4% in the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs and almost 50% in Britain.
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In this July 1, 2021, とじ込み／提出する photo, men cycle along the 塀で囲む 任命する／導入するd to の近くに off a par k 存在 用意が出来ている for the Olympics and Paralympics Games in Tokyo. The pandemic-延期するd Tokyo Olympics are 形態／調整ing up as a TV-only event with few fans - if any - 存在 許すd when they open in just over two weeks. Japan's Asahi newspaper, 特記する／引用するing 多重の 身元不明の 政府 sources, says the 開会式 will be 限られた／立憲的な only to VIP guests. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, とじ込み／提出する)
In this May 11, 2021, とじ込み／提出する photo, 競技者s compete in the men's 400-メーター T20 race during an 運動競技のs 実験（する） event for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Games at 国家の Stadium in Tokyo. The pandemic-延期するd Tokyo Olympics are 形態／調整ing up as a TV-only event with few fans - if any - 存在 許すd when they open in just over two weeks. Japan's Asahi newspaper, 特記する／引用するing 多重の 身元不明の 政府 sources, says the 開会式 will be 限られた／立憲的な only to VIP guests. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, とじ込み／提出する)
