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Tokyo 2020: ‘In their own interest to be safe’ – IOC chief Bach says delegates following Covid rules #IndiaNEWS
Olympics chief Thomas Bach said Thursday that Tokyo Games anti-virus rules “are working�, as the Japanese capital recorded its highest number of new infections since January.With just over a week until Tokyo 2020 opens for events mostly behind closed doors, organisers insist they can be held safely as long as athletes, officials and journalists adhere to strict anti-virus regulations.But an athlete in Japan tested positive for the virus along with five Olympic workers, mostly contractors, as Tokyo recorded 1,308 new cases.The news came as it emerged that eight staff at a Japanese hotel hosting Brazil’s Olympic judo team had tested positive, and a staff member from Russia’s rugby sevens team was hospitalised after a positive test.Bach said a trip to the Olympic Village on Thursday morning had convinced him that anti-virus rules are “in place, and they are working, and they are enforced�.“We could see and convince ourselves that all the delegations are following the rules and are supporting the rules, because they know it is in their own interest to be safe,� he said at a meeting with Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike.“It’s in their interest and in solidarity with the people of Tokyo.�The capital is currently under a virus state of emergency, less strict than a...Read more

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