[아시아경제 우수연 기자]As the number of new confirmed cases of Corona 19 in Japan rose to 3,000 a day, the scheduled torch relay on the Osaka public road was cancelled. Instead, torch relay runners were gathered in Osaka Park to perform a torch relay among non-audience.
On the 13th, the torch relay was carried out in a way of running 15 sections in succession at the Expo Commemorative Park in Osaka, Japan. It runs 200m per runner, and general visitors were not allowed due to the aftermath of Corona 19.
Initially, the torch relay was scheduled as a relay event on the Osaka public road, but due to the re-proliferation of Corona 19 in the Osaka area, the torch relay on the public road was canceled.
Aya Teragawa, a former female backstroke player in Japan, sends a torch at the Tokyo Olympics without spectators at Expo 70 Memorial Park in Osaka Prefecture on the 13th./Photo = Yonhap News
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According to NHK broadcasting, etc., the number of new corona 19 confirmed cases in Japan that day was counted as 3455. About 30% of the confirmed cases on that day came from Osaka Prefecture, and this is the first time that there were more than 1,000 confirmed cases per day in the area.
The Japanese government has lifted all emergencies caused by Corona 19 ahead of the start of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay. However, as the infection situation by region became serious again, priority measures were implemented in three metropolitan areas, including Osaka, from the 5th, and expanded to Tokyo, Kyoto, and Okinawa from the 12th.
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