TOKYO – Tokyo Olympics organizers have asked for around 500 nurses to help during this year’s Games, the head of the organising committee Toshiro Muto said on Monday.
Local media reported that the organising committee had asked the country’s nursing association for assistance in staffing Olympic venues and the athletes’ village before and during the July 23-Aug. 8 Games.
Olympic organisers are pushing ahead with their preparations as Japan struggles to contain a resurgence in the coronavirus pandemic. The country on Friday declared areas including Tokyo and Osaka to be in a state of emergency.
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