Eight months before the Tokyo Olympics, postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the organizers are studying several devices to welcome the public while respecting health rules.
Among these devices, the ban on shouting in the gallery to avoid dispersing postilions.
The Tokyo Olympics have been postponed for a year because of the Covid-19 and the pandemic still imposes a real headache on the organizers of the event for the reception of the public.
Eight months before the Olympics, the Japanese are preparing for all eventualities, in particular that the virus is still very active.
Thus, among the devices studied, the organizing committee suggests asking the public not to scream their joy or disappointment in order to avoid ... spreading postilions vectors of the coronavirus.
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Do not shout and speak in a low voice
This measure was implemented last weekend during a gymnastics competition in Japan.
Some 2,000 spectators were present to attend the sporting event.
Masked, they had to disinfect their hands and take their temperature.
But the audience was also instructed not to shout and to speak in low voices.
A respected instruction which gave ideas to the organizing committee of the Olympic Games.
Thursday morning, the latter raised the possibility of adapting this rule to the Olympic platform next summer.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is increasingly confident that there will be a reasonable number of spectators in Tokyo.
As for the organizing committee, it wonders about the feasibility of a rule prohibiting any acclamation to the public.
Questions that justify the trial and error of the Japanese organizers.
As the deadline approaches, we have to find solutions, surprising as they are, to keep the event going.