At the Tokyo Olympics, volunteers are also required to undergo PCR tests at a certain frequency, but interviews with multiple volunteers revealed that the rules were not thoroughly enforced.
The Organizing Committee says, "We are familiar with the inspection and will strive to continue it appropriately."
At the Tokyo Olympics, the rules necessary to prevent infection are summarized in a "playbook" for each athlete and related parties, and volunteers are decided to "every day" or "once every four days" depending on the opportunity to contact athletes. You are supposed to have a PCR test as often as you like.
However, when NHK interviewed the tournament volunteers, several responded that they participated in activities to contact athletes and related parties without undergoing the prescribed inspection.
Although the test kits were placed in the volunteer waiting area and posted to be taken as often as necessary, the number of test kits was not placed, or even if the volunteers did not undergo the test, nothing was given by the person in charge of the test. It means that it was not pointed out.
Of these, the male volunteers in their 40s, who were picking up and dropping off overseas tournament officials by car, had never been inspected since they started their activities in the middle of last month because there were no specific instructions at the site. is.
By the 5th, 15 volunteers were confirmed to be infected.
"I received an email three days later and realized that I needed to be tested. The car was dense and could infect me," said the man.
The Organizing Committee says, "We are repeatedly informing about the inspection, and if we have not undergone the inspection, we will notify the person in charge at the site. We will continue to strive to continue the inspection appropriately in the future." ..