On the 4th, a citizen of Tokyo, Japan, passes by a large screen announcing the Tokyo Olympics D-200. The Japanese government shouts for the enforcement of the Tokyo Olympics, but the inside and outside eyes are cold. AP=Yonhap News
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The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasized that medical staff and health workers are the top candidates for vaccination against the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
According to Reuters news agency on the 25th (local time), WHO emergency response team leader Michael Ryan at a video press briefing asked whether vaccination of Olympic athletes should be prioritized in connection with the hosting of the Tokyo Olympics. “The amount of vaccination right now is for those at the most risk. It’s not enough to provide,” he said.
“The frontline health workers, the elderly, and the most vulnerable people in our society should get the vaccine first,” added WHO team leader Ryan.
Earlier, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga dismissed reports from the British daily newspaper Times last week that the Japanese government gave up hosting this year’s Summer Olympics and adhered to the government’s commitment to hosting the Summer Olympics.
Although the WHO will provide risk management advice to the IOC, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and Japan’s Ministry of Health, he said, “The final decision on the Olympic risk management measures, the final decision on the Olympics itself will be decided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Japanese authorities.” I clearly drew it.
Meanwhile, the WHO re-emphasized the fair distribution of the Corona 19 vaccine.
WHO secretary-general Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus said the world would face economic failure if the vaccine was concentrated in only a few countries. The results of a study by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the International Chamber of Commerce Research Foundation, which contained these concerns, said. Introduced.
Reporter Lee Ji-young [email protected]
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