Tokyo Olympics Audience Acceptance Assumption Policy for Accelerating Examination of Specific Infection Countermeasures November 17, 4:45
Prime Minister Suga and IOC-President Bach of the International Olympic Committee have agreed to work closely together to host the Tokyo Games next year.
The government plans to accelerate the examination of specific infection control measures in the future, assuming the acceptance of spectators.
Prime Minister Suga will meet with Chairman Bach of the IOC = International Olympic Committee on the 16th, and will surely realize the holding of the Tokyo Games next year, and will continue to cooperate closely toward a safe and secure event. It matched.
In addition, Prime Minister Suga explained that he is considering the ideal way of epidemic prevention measures, assuming the participation of spectators at the Tokyo convention.
Regarding the audience, the government, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and the Organizing Committee will finally decide the maximum number of people that can be accommodated by next spring, and in principle, foreigners will be exempted from waiting for 14 days and public transportation. We are also considering the use of.
In this regard, Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Hashimoto said, "We will positively prepare for how many spectators we can accommodate," and Chairman Bach said at a press conference, "A reasonable number of spectators. I think it is possible to enter, but safety is the top priority. "
When accepting spectators, the government will manage the behavior and health of foreign spectators, taking into account the infection situation in Japan and overseas, and establish a mechanism to promptly grasp if there is a suspicion of infection. Our policy is to accelerate the examination of infection control measures.