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Tokyo Games
were scheduled to be held in July-August this year but were postponed to next
year summer
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Tokyo(Agencies): Tokyo
2020 CEO Toshiro Muto has stated that a COVID-19 vaccine was not a requirement
for holding next year’s postponed Olympics and Paralympics.
Muto on Friday attended the
first meeting on countermeasures against the coronavirus pandemic with a
Japanese government panel, which is headed by Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
Kazuhiro Sugita and consists of about 30 members from the central government,
the Tokyo metropolitan government and Tokyo 2020 organising committee.
The meeting touched upon the
current status of the pandemic and basic scheme for measures for next year's
Olympic and Paralympic Games.
“It’s not a prerequisite,”
Muto said of the vaccine while speaking to reporters.
“The International Olympic
Committee and the WHO already discussed this matter. It’s not a condition for
the delivery of the Tokyo 2020 Games. A vaccine is not a requirement. Of
course, if vaccines are developed, we’ll really appreciate it. And for Tokyo
2020, this will be great. But if you ask me if that’s a condition, it is not,”
he added.
“As for the spectators, we
don’t have any conclusions yet. But if possible, we’d like to avoid a ‘no
spectators’ situation,” the Tokyo 2020 CEO said.
The Tokyo Games were scheduled
to be in July-August this year but because of the coronavirus pandemic, which
has claimed more than 8 lakh lives so far, the Olympics has been postponed till
next year summer. IANS
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