Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike lights to the Paralympic torch during an arrival ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic flame of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Torch Relay at Tokyo Metropolitan Yoyogi Park Athletic Track - Oda Field, before the opening ceremony of the summer games in Tokyo, Japan August 24, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato
TOKYO (Reuters) - The 2020 Paralympic Games will kick off in Tokyo with the opening ceremony on Tuesday as Japan struggles with its worst COVID-19 outbreak so far, record daily cases and an overwhelmed medical system.
The organisers admitted last week that the Paralympics will be held under "very difficult" circumstances https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/organisers-say-situation-very-difficult-hospitals-stretched-by-covid-cases-2021-08-20 as Japan's health situation has worsened since the Olympic Games ended on Aug. 8 and hospitals in the host city are filled to capacity.
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