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Tokyo Olympics Committee outlines COVID-safe measures to avoid outbreak at delayed Games
The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will be Games like no other, with athletes required to wear a mask at all times unless they are eating or sleeping.
Key points:
- Athletes will have to submit an itinerary of their stay, avoid public transport and submit to regular tests
- About 80 per cent of people in Japan do not want the Olympics to be held this summer
- Japan’s hospitals are currently stretched because of coronavirus infections
They will also sound like no other, with organisers wanting people to show their support by only clapping their hands and not by chanting or singing.
With just under six months to go until the Olympics are due to begin in Tokyo, organisers have unveiled plans to keep athletes, spectators and locals safe from…
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