China News Service, February 18th. From February 15 to 17, the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee held a remote meeting to discuss epidemic prevention measures for the Tokyo Olympics.
On the 17th local time, the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee held a joint press conference in Tokyo, Japan, to further explain the situation to the media and answer questions on how to prevent the epidemic.
At the press conference, it was announced that the epidemic prevention manuals published this month, mainly for international sports organizations and technical officials, for athletes, media, etc., will be updated in April, and the new version will incorporate detailed epidemic prevention measures for each competition event.
Data map: On October 21, 2020, the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee announced to the media in Tokyo on the 21st that spectators passed the demonstration test of baggage security inspection area operation when they entered the stadium.
The Olympic Organizing Committee will discuss the countermeasures during the Olympic Games based on the test results.
The picture shows a lady walking past the 2020 Tokyo Olympics poster.
The first edition of the anti-epidemic manual published before has a total of 32 pages, which stipulates various aspects such as the entry and exit of personnel and the behavioral norms during the period of stay in Japan.
It is reported that each organization needs a liaison officer who is responsible for epidemic prevention, who is responsible for supervising the epidemic prevention behavior of their respective personnel. If any abnormal situation occurs, participants should report to their liaison officers in a timely manner.
The first edition of the epidemic prevention manual also included requiring athletes to undergo a nucleic acid test at least 4 days to confirm whether they were infected.
It is reported that this meeting discussed detailed issues such as specific testing procedures.
The manual will be updated again in April, and the final version will be announced in June.
Christopher Dolby, Executive Director of the Olympics Department of the International Olympic Committee, said: "The epidemic prevention measures are still pending until they are summarized, but the first edition of the manual defines the framework. The relevant rules will be further deepened in the future."
At present, Tokyo and surrounding areas are still in a state of emergency, and there are many key areas for hosting the Tokyo Olympics.
In addition, the FINA Synchronized Swimming Olympic Qualification Tournament originally scheduled for March was postponed to May.
The difficulties faced by the Tokyo Olympics have greatly reduced the willingness of the Japanese people to host.
It is worth mentioning that the latest public opinion survey results show that more than 80% of the people believe that the Tokyo Olympics “should be postponed again” and “should be suspended”.
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