The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will be handed over from Fukushima prefecture to Tochigi prefecture on the 28th.
In Tochigi Prefecture, where a state of emergency was declared until last month, the torch will circulate around famous places in the prefecture in a two-day schedule while measures to prevent infection with the new coronavirus are being thoroughly implemented.
The Tokyo Olympic torch relay, which started in Fukushima Prefecture on the 25th of this month, will be handed over to Tochigi Prefecture on the 28th, and the first runner in the Kanto region will start Ashikaga City after 9 am.
In Tochigi Prefecture, there are 192 runners in 16 cities and towns, including carrying the torch on a sightseeing boat and running inside the World Heritage Nikko Toshogu Shrine on the 28th and 29th. Connect the torch with.
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection in the prefecture, a state of emergency was declared by the government until the beginning of last month, and until the 7th of this month, the prefecture continued to request refraining from going out.
Currently, the number of newly infected people has settled down, so the torch relay is being held on public roads, but the Organizing Committee and Tochigi Prefecture are watching live Internet broadcasts to avoid crowding along the road. In addition to calling out, if you want to see it, I want you to go to the local city or town.
In addition, the departure and arrival ceremonies of the torch relay will be limited to the number of people by applying in advance, and at the venue, we will thoroughly implement infection countermeasures such as checking the physical condition of the participants of the ceremony and disinfecting them.
Furthermore, if there is congestion along the road and it cannot be resolved, the policy is to give top priority to infection prevention, such as "skipping" the location and proceeding to the next step.