Tokyo Olympics and Para Games Organizing Committee Established New Pneumonia Response Headquarters February 6 17:37

In response to the spread of the new coronavirus, the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has set up a task force headed by the Secretary-General by the 6th to ensure thorough measures.

The effects of the spread of the new coronavirus have been spreading in the sports world, with soccer, table tennis, para-land and other international competitions scheduled to be held in China being canceled and postponed one after another.

In this context, interviews with the parties concerned revealed that the Games Organizing Committee had set up a task force headed by Secretary-General Toshio Muto by June 6 to ensure that measures were taken toward the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Was.

In the future, we plan to consider measures to protect the safety of spectators in cooperation with related organizations and implement them for the torch relay, test tournament starting next month, and the tournament.

In addition, staff members were notified to refrain from business trips to places such as China and Wuhan, where the risk level of infectious disease published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan is "3".