The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is planning to vaccinate all athletes participating in the Tokyo Olympics with a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
British media’Telegraph’ reported on the 23rd (hereinafter KST), “The IOC is considering vaccinating all athletes participating in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan in July.”
He added that “IOC will cooperate with the international projects’COVAX facility’ and World Health Organization (WHO) for vaccination.”
“Vaccination in small countries is an important task for the IOC,” said Andy Anderson, chairman of the British Olympic Committee (BOA). “We will continue to work to ensure that many people heading to Japan get vaccinated.” The Tokyo Olympics, which were scheduled to be held in July of last year, were postponed for a year to July due to the aftermath of Corona 19. However, with six months left of the Olympics, there are four-digit confirmed cases in Tokyo on the 11th day, and the event is uncertain. British “The Times” reported on the 22nd that it had concluded an internal conclusion to cancel the Tokyo Olympics, citing a high-ranking official from the Japanese ruling party coalition who requested anonymity. ) In a videoconference with the representatives, he refuted, “I will do everything possible to hold the Tokyo Olympics as scheduled”.
However, if the Corona 19 situation does not improve, the anxiety cannot be erased. In response, Sebastian Ko, who served as the organizer of the 2012 Olympics in London, raised the possibility of hosting the Tokyo Olympics’no spectators’.
In an interview with’BBC’, Mr. Ko insisted, “If it is the only way for a non-audience to play this competition, we will accept it.”
(Seoul = News 1)
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