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东京奥运会将公布疫情期间比赛规定
Tokyo Olympics to Release Plan for Games in
Pandemic
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese
organizers are set to publish a rulebook for the upcoming Tokyo
Olympic Games.
The book will be released next week. It will explain how
15,400 Olympic and Paralympic sports competitors and tens of
thousands of others will try to safely enter Japan when the
Olympics begin in six months.
Local organizers and the IOC are hoping to push back against
recent media reports claiming the Olympics will be canceled, as
Tokyo and much of Japan are still under a COVID-19 state of
emergency.
The release of the plan is set to take place at IOC
headquarters in Switzerland on February 4. Tokyo organizers are to
present the plan the following day.
Lucia Montanarella is head of IOC media operations. She said
the organizers created four different possible situations. One
includes continued travel restrictions, for example. Another
imagines the pandemic is nearly over.
Montanarella added, "The present scenario is very much like
one of those that we'd created, with the pandemic still among us,
and some countries being able to contain it, some not."
The book will explain plans for creating safe bubbles in
Tokyo. It will be updated with changing rules and requirements as
the opening date gets closer.
The Olympic Games are set to start July 23. The Paralympics
are to open one month later, on August 24.
Athletes and those traveling to Japan -- coaches, judges,
members of the media -- are likely to face some self-quarantine
periods before they leave their home country. This will be followed
by tests at the airport, tests after arriving in Japan, and
additional testing for those staying in the Athletes Village.
Is there support for the Games?
A major unanswered question involves fans. How many fans will
be permitted to watch events? Also, will only fans already in Japan
be included?
Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto said Tuesday that those
decisions will be announced "by the spring." Fewer fans means more
costs for Japan. The local organizing committee expected to receive
$800 million from ticket sales. Any drop in sales will have to be
made up by Japanese government groups.
Craig Spence is a spokesman for the International Paralympic
Committee. He said organizers must get the support of the Japanese
public. Recent opinion studies show that 80 percent of Japanese
people questioned think the Olympics should be canceled or
postponed.
IOC President Thomas Bach is pushing for everyone involved in
the Olympics to be vaccinated. But the World Health Organization
said earlier this week that Olympic athletes should not be placed
ahead of healthcare workers, old people and those at risk of
getting severely ill.
Japan has recorded more than 5,000 deaths connected to
COVID-19. Its healthcare system is under pressure with deaths and
new cases rising. A vaccination program is expected to start next
month. But vaccines will not be available to the general public
until later in spring.
The president of the Japan Medical Association, Dr. Toshio
Nakagawa, issued a warning last week when asked about the
Olympics.
"Many people will come from abroad, and it's a huge number,
even with just the athletes," Nakagawa said. "In this situation, if
coronavirus patients appear among them as a collapse of the medical
system is happening and is spreading, it will not be possible to
accept them."
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Words in This Story
scenario - n. a description of what could possibly
happen
bubble - n. a usually small group of people who regularly
interact closely with one another but with few or no others in
order to reduce spread of a disease
athlete - n. a person who is trained in or good at sports,
games, or exercises that require physical skill and strength
coach - n. a person who teaches and trains an athlete or
performer
abroad - adv. in or to a foreign country
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