A meeting was held on the 28th by five parties including the Games Organizing Committee for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, and it was decided that the decision on the maximum number of spectators would be postponed to June.
By postponing the decision at the stage of less than three months until the opening, the Organizing Committee etc. will be forced to take difficult measures such as proceeding with preparations such as building a medical system without deciding the number of spectators involved in the basis of the tournament management. Will be.
At the meeting held on the night of the 28th between the Organizing Committee, the government, Tokyo, IOC = International Olympic Committee, and IPC = International Paralympic Committee, the maximum number of spectators was subject to regulations such as domestic sporting events. We agreed to make a decision in June, and no specific upper limit was given.
After the meeting, Chairman Hashimoto of the Organizing Committee said, "I am prepared to make the audience unattended as a last-minute decision, but there is also a desire to have more spectators see it." If it becomes a situation, we have to decide that there will be no spectators, "he emphasized his desire to determine the future infection situation.
Regarding the preparations for the Tokyo Games, it is difficult to secure doctors and nurses due to the influence of the new corona, and unless the number of spectators is decided, the number of medical staff required will not be decided.
With the decision postponed at the stage of less than three months before the opening, the Organizing Committee and others have a difficult response to proceed with all preparations such as building a medical system and planning transportation without deciding the number of spectators involved in the basis of the tournament management. Will be pressed.