The IOC definitely wants to host the postponed Olympics next summer and host Tokyo also thinks there will be no problem with the hosting. There will obviously be austerity because of the pandemic, but supporters, albeit in limited numbers, may arrive.
Muto Tosiro, CEO of the organizing committee, spoke about this for the first time after the measures taken to control the coronavirus epidemic and the measures to be applied later were reviewed with the experts.
They will produce a rigorous guide, a kind of rulebook whose guidelines will be followed, and health applications will be used to track fans and monitor the spread of the infection.
“We are coming up next spring for all the fans, including the regulations for non-Japanese residents,” he indicated in an online briefing.
Muto had previously said it would be difficult to quarantine those coming from abroad, but now he has suggested that this could even happen.
"Whether or not foreign viewers should be quarantined for 14 days or not will depend on the situation at the time," he said, adding that there is an opportunity to waive quarantine if newcomers meet certain conditions. meet.
The organizing committee and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have given themselves another five months to finalize the proceedings against athletes, officials, sponsors and television broadcasters, journalists, when it is spring in the northern hemisphere. As for the fans, Muto put it, understandably, their concern is that they don’t know if they can come or not.
To the question of whether those who come to the games will follow the rules, Muto reacted that after entering Japanese territory, they can no longer follow the printers as athletes, so the most important thing is that the control is effective when entering. .
Muto also talked about how it has not yet been decided how many fans can be admitted to each venue because the experience is still being gained. However, some baseball stadiums have already been tested with 80 percent saturation.
The Olympics have been rescheduled this summer for the period from July 23 to August 8, 2021, followed by the Paralympics from August 24 to September 5.
(Source: Source: sportrajongo.hu, mti / Photo: pixabay, mti)