Tokyo Cancels Olympic Public Viewing Sites Due to Coronavirus

The governor of Tokyo on Saturday canceled all public viewing sites for the summer Olympics, due to the continued spread of the coronavirus. Some of the sites that had been scheduled to host jumbo screens for public viewings of the events at the games will be used instead as vaccination centers. Foreign spectators have been banned from the games and it is not clear if Japanese spectators will be allowed in the stands for the games, which are set to begin on July 23rd after being postponed from last year due to the pandemic.