China News Service, December 30. According to Kyodo News Agency of Japan, the Japanese government and the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee have decided to provide subsidies to doctors and nurses in the Olympic Village and competition venues, and to issue cooperative funds to the sending medical institutions.
Data map: On December 1st, local time, Tokyo, Japan, the Olympic ring symbol being transported by boat, after 4 months of safety inspection and maintenance, it returned to Tokyo Bay.
The central government, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and the Olympic Organizing Committee previously reached an agreement on Olympic funding that included a budget of 96 billion yuan (about 6 billion yuan) for the new crown countermeasures.
It is planned to increase cooperation funds and subsidies within the framework of 16 billion yen borne by the central government.
In addition, 12.7 billion yen was guaranteed in the third supplementary budget for 2020 as a countermeasures fund for the Host Town project for exchanges with foreign athletes.
The cost of testing by local governments for the implementation of the exchange program and the labor cost of the staff of the health center are also borne by the central government.
It is reported that according to the plan before the new crown pneumonia epidemic, more than 10,000 medical workers are needed.
Except for the person in charge, most of them participate in the form of payment by volunteers and/or dispatchers.
After the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, in order to set up a testing and sampling center and fever clinic in the Olympic Village, the required medical staff may increase significantly.
The government and the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee have begun to discuss specific support measures such as the amount of payment and payment methods. It is expected that while paying attention to the epidemic, they will also request the assistance of relevant groups such as the physician association and nursing association.
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