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Tokyo Olympics fans to need vaccination or virus test: report

A poll showed 49% of people living in Tokyo want the Olympic Games to go ahead.

TOKYO: Tokyo Olympics fans may have to be vaccinated or test negative for the coronavirus before being allowed into venues, a Japanese newspaper report said Monday.

Cheering, eating, high-fives and drinking alcohol would also be banned under controls now being considered, the Yomiuri Shimbun daily said, citing unnamed government officials.

Organisers are set to decide in June how many spectators — if any — will be allowed to attend the pandemic-postponed Games.

Overseas fans are already barred, and the report warned domestic spectators may be denied entrance or kicked out for breaking the rules.

“The plan is to stop the spread of infections during Games time with strict countermeasures,” the paper said.

Under the plan,…

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