The US warned its citizens not to travel to Olympic host Japan, citing the growing risk of the Covid-19 pandemic in the Asian nation just two months before the Games begin.
The warning came in a travel advisory issued by the US State Department. Japan, which has been criticised for its slow inoculation rate, opened its first mass vaccination centres today in a push ahead of the Olympics.
The games were postponed last year due to the pandemic. The decision was based primarily on government health advice, as well as "secondary factors such as commercial flight availability, restrictions on US citizen entry, and impediments to obtaining Covid test results within three calendar days," the advisory said.