Tokyo Olympic Torch Kirab Canceled Passing By Miyakojima City

Tokyo Olympics (Antara)

JAKARTA - For the first time, the torch relay for the Tokyo Olympics was forced not to pass through Miyakojima City, Japan. The organizers must cancel the ceremonial event as an effort to prevent and control the corona virus.

Reporting from the Kyodo news agency, the decision to cancel the cancellation was taken by the organizers in the Miyakojima area. This will be the first case of the cancellation of the Olympic torch relay, which is scheduled to travel through 47 prefectures in Japan.

Organizers in the archipelago, which are currently under strict measures to control the coronavirus. So that it does not allow the Olympic organizing committee to hold a relay on public roads.

On the other hand, the latest spike in COVID-19 cases that occurred in western cities, made Osaka and Matsuyama move the relay from public roads to alternative routes to avoid crowds.

The main island of Okinawa, which contains areas hit by stricter measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, will hold relay stations at two event venues away from public roads.

Runners who have been scheduled to take part in Miyakojima will not run on the main island to reduce unnecessary travel due to consideration of the fragile medical system on Miyakojima and other remote islands of Okinawa.