It’s one week until the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, so let’s see how things are going ...
Well, Covid cases in the Japanese capital on Friday were up 55 percent from the week before, which is the 27th consecutive day of week-over-week increases as the Delta variant becomes more common.
“The speed [of increase] is very rapid," Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said at a press conference, according to Japanese media reports.
Oh, and logistical bottlenecks at airports — all incoming passengers (even Olympic athletes) must go through a maze of testing and protocols — has caused five and six hour back-ups.