With 86 days left until the opening of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and 118 days left until the opening of the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Government of Japan today agreed on the following measures to ensure the safe organisation of the Games. The five parties will continue to deploy all possible COVID-19 countermeasures and place the highest priority on safety for the sake of all participants, including the athletes, and the Japanese public who will be playing host to the Games.
1.The COVID-19 countermeasures
included in the Playbooks (rulebooks) published in February this year have
since been reviewed and significantly updated in order to address the emergence
of new mutant coronavirus strains and the evolving situation of the pandemic.
New rules that have to be observed by everyone involved in the Games during
their stay in Japan have been incorporated, and others updated, so that the
Tokyo 2020 Games can be held safely. The most important measures, which were
agreed by all the five parties today, appear in the second edition of the
Playbooks and are as follows:
-All participants are required to
take two COVID-19 tests before their flight to Japan.
-In principle, athletes and all those
in close proximity with athletes will be tested daily to minimise the risk of
undetected positive cases that could transmit the virus. The dates and times
will be set in line with the sports events and schedule.
-All other Games participants will be
tested daily for three days after their arrival. After the first three days and
throughout their stay, they will be tested regularly, based on the operational
nature of their role and level of contact with athletes.
-All Games participants must, in
principle, only follow the activities they have outlined in their activity
plan. They must minimise contact within one metre of Games participants who
have already been in Japan for more than 14 days, and Japanese residents.
-All Games participants must, in
principle, exclusively use dedicated Games vehicles, and they are not allowed
to use public transport.
-All Games participants must, in
principle, eat only in the limited locations where COVID-19 countermeasures are
in place, including catering facilities at Games venues, their accommodation's
restaurant, and their rooms, using room service or food delivery.
-Close contacts are defined as those
who have prolonged contact (for 15 minutes or more) with a person who has a
confirmed positive COVID-19 test, within one metre, without wearing a face
mask. This is particularly applicable when such contact happens in enclosed
spaces such as hotel rooms or vehicles. Cases will be confirmed by the Japanese
health authorities.
The Playbooks have been developed
based on science, benefiting from learnings gathered during the evolution of
the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to implementing the most effective tools
being used throughout society, such as mask wearing, personal hygiene and
physical distancing, they also draw upon the experience of hundreds of sports
events that have taken place across the world during the pandemic, which have
been held safely, with minimal risk to participants and the local population.
They are based on the ongoing work of the All Partners Task Force, which
includes the Government of Japan, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Tokyo
2020 Organising Committee, the IOC, IPC, World Health Organisation and
independent experts and organisations from across the world. A third version of
the Playbooks is expected to be published in June. As with all the previous
versions, it will take the latest scientific developments into consideration.
2.As we look into the evolving
situation with the domestic infections status involving new strains, we have
agreed that a decision regarding spectator capacity at the Olympic and
Paralympic venues will be made in June, in line with the government’s general
guidance concerning the upper limit of spectator capacity in sports events.
This follows the significant decision in March, when the IOC and IPC were
informed about the conclusion of the Japanese parties not to allow entry into
Japan for overseas spectators for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
due to the prevailing worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the IOC, the IPC
and Tokyo 2020 continue to work on optimising the number of participants
attending the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.
We are confident that compliance with
these regulations will ensure the safety and security of athletes, Games
officials and spectators, as well as the people of Tokyo, other host locations
and Japan.
We are already entering the
operational phase. All parties at today’s meeting renewed their full commitment
to safe and secure Games for all participants and the Japanese people.
For further information, please
contact Philip Dorward, IPC Head of Communication
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