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The French parliament has voted to introduce a two-month “health state of emergency”.
This legalises the restrictive measures already taken – including the confinement introduced on March 16 – and gives the government power to legislate other emergency measures by decree.
There’s been pushback today from Japanese Olympic authorities at calls for a postponement of the games to later in the year.
Too long of a delay would be a burden to athletes preparing for the Tokyo 2020 games, according to the president of the Japan Olympic Committee.
Related: Olympics postponement to 2021 on cards as IOC gives itself four-week deadline
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