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Tokyo: anti-covid squeeze, athletes tests every day

5/1/2021, 1:11:24 PM


Bach: 'A sign of solidarity and respect for the Japanese' (ANSA) Athletes participating in the Tokyo Olympics (July 23 - August 8) will be tested daily at Covid, while the original plan called for swabs every four days. The new rule was unveiled together with the new "Playbooks", manuals that list the strict anti-virus measures and which are "a sign of solidarity and respect on the part of the Olympic community towards the Japanese who host us", said the Presid

Athletes participating in the Tokyo Olympics (July 23 - August 8) will be tested daily at Covid, while the original plan called for swabs every four days.

The new rule was unveiled together with the new "Playbooks", manuals that list the strict anti-virus measures and which are "a sign of solidarity and respect on the part of the Olympic community towards the Japanese who host us", said the President of the Committee. International Olympic (IOC) Thomas Bach.