Japan plans to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo that will run through its hosting of the Olympics to try to hold a new wave of coronavirus. Medical experts have said for weeks that no witnesses at the Games would be a least risky option amid an increase in public will concern the introduction of a fresh wave of infections.

Organisers have already banned foreign spectators and have thought to permit local viewers at 50 per cent of capacity, which will be up to 10,000 people. The final talks on restrictions of the viewers are expected either on Thursday or Friday. The talks would be chaired by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, who has arrived in Tokyo on Thursday. Other participants include Tokyo and national governments and Paralympic officials.

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Those who will be attending the Games have been asked to show their support by clapping rather than cheering or singing. Japan’s Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who heads the government’s coronavirus response, said a state of emergency in Tokyo is set to begin on July 12 and will continue till August 22. The Games are scheduled to start from July 23 to Aug. 8. Japan has not experienced the kind of explosive Covid-19 outbreaks seen in many other countries but has had more than 810,000 cases and 14,900 deaths.