The virus challenges the Olympic Games. WHO in Tokyo: "Pandemic in our hands"

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21 July 2021 A few days after the inaugural ceremony, uncertainty continues to reign in Tokyo over an edition of the Games marked as never before by doubts and contradictions. If from the number one of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach and from the Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, on the occasion of the 138 / th Session of the IOC, reassurances and words aimed at unity and solidarity came, to shake the world in five circles the sentences of Toshiro Muto, head of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, who looks at the number of infections, growing throughout the country, and comes to question the event itself.

Meanwhile, the appeal of the Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, resounds in Japan: "So far, more than 3.5 billion doses of vaccines against Covid have been administered globally and more than 1 in 4 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine. This may seem like good news, but it actually masks a horrible injustice: 75% of vaccines have been administered in just 10 countries, while in low-income countries only 1% of people have received at least one dose, compared to more than half of people in high-income countries, "Ghebreyesus said, adding that" some of the wealthiest countries are now talking about a third recall for their populations, while health workers,the elderly and other vulnerable groups in the rest of the world continue to do without ".

Ghebreyesus then explained the reasons behind his presence at the IOC session: "More than any other event, the Olympics have the power to unite the world, to inspire, to show what is possible. And more than any other event, they attract the attention of the people of the world: that's why I came ". Worldwide "more than 4 million people have died and others continue to die. Already this year, the number of deaths is more than double the total of last year. As I speak, over 100 people are losing their lives and between now and August 8, when the Olympic flame goes out, another 100,000 people will die. And millions of survivors continue to suffer long-term health consequences from Covid. "

According to the WHO director-general, "the global inability to share Covid vaccines, tests and treatments, including oxygen, is fueling a two-track pandemic: the rich are opening up, while the have-nots are closing. . The longer this discrepancy persists, the longer the pandemic will drag on and so will the social and economic turmoil it will bring. The tragedy of this pandemic is that it could have been under control by now, had the vaccine been distributed equally, but the distortion in production first and distribution then amplified inequalities ". 

The adventure of the Italian softball team at the Tokyo Olympics begins with a defeat. The blues were beaten 2-0 by the United States but the selection of manager Federico Pizzolini provides solid proof, with Greta Cecchetti able to keep the American clubs for a long time and Alexia Lacatena able to disengage well considering the age of 18, but it is the defense to record the best things in view of a match tomorrow against Australia, which is very decisive.