Olympic city of Tokyo in a corona emergency again

No curfew, limited shopping and nightlife options and the request to stay at home - Tokyo is shutting down its everyday life, accompanied by complaints about the lack of a vaccine.

Tokyo - Accompanied by complaints about vaccine shortages, the corona emergency came into force again in Tokyo for the duration of the Olympic Games.

Restaurants have not been allowed to serve alcohol since Monday and, like large department stores, have to close at 8 p.m.

Sports and cultural events are allowed a maximum of 5000 spectators, provided that half of the space is not exceeded.

Citizens are called upon to stay at home if possible.

On the eve of the fourth emergency in Tokyo, which will run until August 22, Japan's governors lamented chaos in the country's vaccination process due to a lack of vaccination doses.

They accused Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government of causing confusion in the extremely late vaccination process.

The state had put pressure on local governments to speed up vaccinations with the aim of making vaccinations available to every citizen by October or November.

But now there is suddenly a lack of vaccination doses, which is why more and more places no longer have to accept or cancel any further vaccination appointments.

Many people in Japan accuse Prime Minister Suga's government of poor crisis management in dealing with the pandemic.

Critics complain that much of the Japanese population will not be vaccinated at the start of the Olympic Games on July 23.

Fearing that the virus would spread, Japan's Olympic organizers have excluded viewers from almost all competitions.

However, many Japanese fear that the games could turn into a super-spreader event.

However, those responsible and the International Olympic Committee keep claiming that everything is "safe".

dpa