{"id":539657,"date":"2021-05-25T11:20:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T15:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=539657"},"modified":"2021-05-25T11:21:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T15:21:01","slug":"u-s-warns-against-travel-to-japan-ahead-of-summer-olympics-but-organizers-press-on-with-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-warns-against-travel-to-japan-ahead-of-summer-olympics-but-organizers-press-on-with-games\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Warns Against Travel To Japan Ahead Of Summer Olympics, But Organizers Press On With Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-warns-against-travel-to-japan-ahead-of-summer-olympics-but-organizers-press-on-with-games%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=539657&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/olympics-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After a one-year delay caused by COVID-19, the summer Olympics are set to begin on July 23.<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHospitals in Japan are on the brink of collapse amid a huge influx of Covid cases \u2014 just eight weeks before the country is due to host the Olympics,\u201d The Sun <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/15052725\/japanese-hospitals-brink-collapse-beds-ventilators-eight-weeks-olympics\/\">reported<\/a>.&nbsp;\u201cThe highly infectious British variant and slipping alertness have led to this explosive growth in the number of patients,\u201d Yuji Tohda, the director of Kindai University Hospital in Osaka, told the paper, adding, that \u201csimply put, this is a collapse of the medical system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, the U.S. is advising against traveling to Japan, even for those who have been fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday both issued warnings.&nbsp;\u201cTravelers should avoid all travel to Japan,\u201d the&nbsp;CDC alert <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwnc.cdc.gov\/travel\/notices\/covid-4\/coronavirus-japan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reads.<\/a> The alert \u2014 headlined \u201cLevel 4: Very High Level of COVID-19 in Japan\u201d \u2014&nbsp;says, \u201cBecause of the current situation in Japan even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19 variants and should avoid all travel to Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The State Department issued a similar alert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not travel to Japan due to COVID-19,\u201d the department said. \u201cThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 4 Travel Health Notice for Japan due to COVID-19, indicating a very high level of COVID-19 in the country. There are restrictions in place affecting U.S. citizen entry to Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than 722,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Japan, resulting in 12,351 deaths, <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.jhu.edu\/region\/japan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to Johns Hopkins University\u2019s Center for Systems Science and Engineering.<\/p>\n<p>But so far, the Olympics appear to still be on for U.S. athletes. The United States Olympics &amp; Paralympic Committee said in a Monday statement Monday that it believes American athletes can travel to Tokyo and compete safely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe feel confident that the current mitigation practices in place for athletes and staff by both the USOPC and the Tokyo Organizing Committee, coupled with the testing before travel, on arrival in Japan, and during Games time, will allow for safe participation of Team USA athletes this summer,\u201d the committee said.<\/p>\n<p>While estimates say just 2% of the country\u2019s residents have been vaccinated, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has vowed to inoculate 36 million elderly residents by the end of July.<\/p>\n<p>And Olympic organizers say the event won\u2019t be canceled, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/japanese-business-leaders-add-to-chorus-against-holding-olympics-11621855864\">report<\/a> in The Wall Street Journal. \u201cOn Friday, John Coates, the head of the International Olympic Committee\u2019s coordination commission for the Tokyo Olympics, said around 80% of athletes and officials were set to be vaccinated, and strict restrictions on movement would prevent contact with the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can say it\u2019s now clearer than ever that these Games will be safe for everyone participating, and importantly safe for the people of Japan,\u201d Mr. Coates told the paper.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl covered the White House for a dozen years and ran the Drudge Report for four years. He can be reached at josephcurl@dailywire.com and on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/josephcurl\">@JosephCurl<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a one-year delay caused by COVID-19, the summer Olympics are set to begin on July 23.Or maybe not.\u201cHospitals in Japan are on the brink of collapse amid a huge &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312937,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/olympics-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"U.S. Warns Against Travel To Japan Ahead Of Summer Olympics, But Organizers Press On With Games","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-539657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/olympics-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"U.S. Warns Against Travel To Japan Ahead Of Summer Olympics, But Organizers Press On With Games","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}