Cases in India at four-month high; Philippines records record infections; Denmark reports two cases of hospital staff with blood clots and cerebral haemorrhage after AstraZeneca vaccine
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The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Organising Committee said on Saturday that international spectators will not be allowed to enter Japan during the Olympic Games which are scheduled for this summer.
Olympic and Paralympic tickets purchased by overseas residents will be refunded, it said in a statement.
Thailand reported 119 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday — 112 local infections and seven imported — raising the total tally to 27,713 with no new deaths, as authorities are considering easing quarantine rules.
The Bangkok Post reports:
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said 65 cases were found in hospitals among outpatients and 47 through active case finding in communities.
Samut Sakhon province, the epicentre of the new wave of coronavirus in December, logged 38 cases, or 33.9% of the local infections. Of these, 34 cases — 26 Thais, 12 Myanmar people — were confirmed in hospitals and five detected in communities.
