Tokyo Olympics organisers working to secure 300 rooms for Covid-19 affected athletes and staff

Tokyo Olympics organisers working to secure 300 rooms for Covid-19 affected athletes and staff

Tokyo Olympics

Originally due to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Tokyo Olympics was postponed in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and will not allow spectators from overseas. Various preparations have been going on for the event and Japan has been fully focused on conducting it smoothly.

Now, as per sources Japanese news agency Kyodo on Sunday said organisers were working to secure 300 rooms in a hotel near the Athletes’ Village. It said that the officials are working on a plan. There would be rooms for athletes and staff, who do not need to be hospitalised. The measures underlined the risk of trying to hold the Olympics and Paralympics during a pandemic.

Over 15000 athletes from more than 200 nations are about to take part in Tokyo 2021

Tokyo Olympics

The Olympics and Paralympics will involve about 15,000 athletes from more than 200 nations and territories, and tens of thousands of other officials, judges, administrators, media and broadcasters. The organizers have yet to announce the maximum capacity for venues, which is now complicated by rising cases in Osaka, Tokyo and elsewhere.

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Japan has attributed fewer than 9,500 deaths to COVID-19, and are going to vaccinate the people of the country. The cases continue to rise in the country but Japan and Tokyo in particular has remained committed to conducting the event smoothly and without issues affecting the same.

The Games begin on the 23rd of July.

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