As the coronavirus epidemic is on the rise in Japan, the organizers of the Tokyo Paralympic Games announced on Monday that the competition will take place behind closed doors.
The latter is to be held from August 24 to September 5.
The Tokyo Paralympic Games will take place in almost total closed doors, the organizing committee announced on Monday eight days before the opening ceremony, an expected decision, due to the record number of Covid-19 cases identified in Japan.
This measure for the Paralympic Games, which are to be held from August 24 to September 5, is similar to that adopted for the Olympics closed on August 8, for which nearly 98% of the events were held behind closed doors, only relatively small departments. far from the capital having been able to welcome the public.