At the Tokyo Paralympics, where the competition began on the 25th, children started watching the game with a school-linked game ticket, but just before that, a series of local governments canceled their participation, and about 2000 children and students were scheduled to watch the game. There were no children in.
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, children's watching games with the Tokyo Paralympic School Cooperation Watching Ticket will be handled differently depending on the local government.
Of these, at the Tokyo Aquatics Center, where swimming is being held, about 2000 children and students attending local elementary and junior high schools in Koto Ward were scheduled to visit the game on the morning of the 24th, but after that, it was decided to cancel all of them. I did.
For this reason, there were no children at the venue on the 25th, and only the people involved in the tournament were sparsely sitting in the spectators' seats, and the players were watering the venue.
The spectators' seats were left with posters urging them to sit at intervals, assuming that children would visit, and notices asking them to wear masks properly.
Disinfectants were installed around the seats to disinfect hands and fingers, and staff regularly disinfected the seats during the competition.
In addition, a camera was installed at the entrance of the venue to check the body temperature, but there were no children here either.
Watching an organization committee school "I want to be accepted in a perfect manner"
On the other hand, regarding children's watching games with school cooperation watching tickets, Masanori Takaya, a spokesperson of the Games Organizing Committee, said at the press conference, "Safety is the top priority, but the generation that supports the next society will watch the games live and the symbiotic society will progress further. I want you to keep what you see and feel as a long memory. "
In addition, in response to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, Tokyo Koto Ward and Edogawa Ward decided to cancel participation just before, "I wanted to somehow participate, I wanted to let children watch the game in a safe way. I think that it was a decision made by the local government only with the thought of cutting the bowels. I would like to accept that thought and be able to accept it in a perfect manner. "