Tokyo Paralympics organisers have said they are tightening virus rules, including upping testing and further limiting movement, as Japan battles a record wave of infections days before the opening ceremony, AFP reports.

Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto says that “taking further careful measures is necessary”.

These will include requiring Japan-based staff at the Paralympic Village — currently being tested every four days — to be tested daily. And a rule allowing some participants to travel on public transport and move around freely after 14 days of restrictions will be scrapped.

“We ask them to take meals in facilities inside the Olympic venues or hotels they are staying at, eating individually without talking,” Muto said.