Tag: COVID-19
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Lack of Lifeguards Means No Swim Season for PPS Student-Athletes
Student-athletes who swim for Portland Public Schools will not have a season this year due to a lack of staffing at the pools. The district partners with Portland Parks and Recreation for pool time. Parks and Rec had to lay off multiple staff members last year and the department doesn’t have enough time to hire…
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Top Japanese CEO Says Hosting the Olympics Amounts to a ‘Suicide Mission’
The CEO of Japan’s top e-commerce company said Friday that it would be a “suicide mission” for the country to host the Olympic Games this summer. The comments by Rakuten (RKUNF) CEO Hiroshi Mikitani in an exclusive interview with CNN Business are among the strongest yet from corporate leaders worried about holding the event as the country remains…
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Chlorine Shortages Could Affect Central Georgia Pools This Summer | 13WMAZ
After so many summer vacations were canceled last year, some people ended up investing in a backyard pool.
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Will the Tokyo Olympic Games Go Ahead? – BBC News
Preparations continue in Japan for the Olympic Games – despite a state of emergency for coronavirus. Will it go ahead?
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Japan Extends COVID Restrictions as Olympics Loom – BBC News
A state of emergency has been extended in several regions of Japan as Covid-19 cases surge, less than three months before the Tokyo Olympics. Restrictions in Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo and Kyoto had been due to end on 11 May, but will now remain in place until the end of the month. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga…
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Swimming Lessons Return After the Pandemic
According to Swim England more than five million swimming sessions were lost during the pandemic and for Sally and her daughters it was one of the things they have missed most over the past year.
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IOC welcomes Pfizer and BioNTech’s donation of vaccines to teams heading for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
As part of the plans to ensure safe and secure Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE to donate doses of the companies’ COVID-19 vaccine to Games participants from National Olympic and Paralympic Committees around…
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Port St. Lucie Woman Teaches Swimming Lessons Using Unique Mask
May is National Water Safety Month, and a St. Lucie County woman is rebounding to help keep children safe in the water.
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Tokyo Olympics Should Be Called off, Michael Baker Says | 1 NEWS
The epidemiologist’s comments come as India prepares to send a team to the games despite grappling with a second wave of Covid-19.