Japan to host unhappy Olympic Games under new COVID fan rules: Report | Olympic issues

Viewers will need to be vaccinated or tested to get into the situation, they will be told not to have fun, bathe too much, do not eat or drink alcohol inside.

Fans attending the Olympics in Tokyo in July may need to be vaccinated or tested for the COVID-19 virus before taking part in the event, and laughter, eating, fives and alcohol are also banned in the hands of the organizers, Yomiuri Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper, said. refers to unnamed government officials.

Planners have to decide in June how many viewers – if any – will be allowed to attend the Games, who were changed one year due to the epidemic. Many Japanese people would like to have the practice abolished once the coronavirus needs to be monitored.

“The aim is to prevent the spread of the disease during playtime and countermeasures,” the newspaper said Monday.

Under this policy, spectators are required to present a certificate of vaccination or a defective test paid for themselves less than one week prior to the Olympic Games they intend to perform.

They should also wear masks and write health check sheets, and when they come in they should not have fun loudly or in combination.

Foreign fans have already been banned and the paper says local fans who have violated the rules may be rejected or removed.

Guards are patrolling the area to monitor the situation, the report said, after the evacuees were removed or demoted.

The report offended some users of social networking sites, with thousands of tweets condemning the country’s continued hosting of the Olympic Games in the midst of the epidemic. The word “bad test certificate” was appearing on Twitter in Japan, catching more than 8,000 tweets Monday morning.

Japan’s spokesman Katsunobu Kato told reporters on Monday that he was unaware that he had made a decision on the matter.

The Tokyo Olympic Committee did not immediately respond to a Reuters newsletter’s request for comment on the report.

On Friday, Japan announced that it was emergency exacerbation in Tokyo and elsewhere until June 20. The country has seen many cases of COVID-19 patients worsening in recent days, although the rate of new infections has dropped.

Vaccination in Japan has been slow, with less than 2.5 percent of the population receiving the vaccine to date.

A national survey published by the Nikkei newspaper on Monday found that 62 percent of respondents wanted to ban or delay the Games, which is consistent with previous research by other media outlets.

Monday’s poll in Yomiuri, meanwhile, showed 49 percent of Tokyo residents want the Games to continue, while 48% want them eliminated.

Organizers have repeatedly denied that the Games have been relaunched, and several attempts have been made.

On Monday, an Australian softball women’s team left Sydney for their training camp in Japan’s Gunma region and became the first athletes to arrive in the country.

Outgoing Jade Wall said the delay did not dampen the excitement of the players.

“We can’t wait to get there,” the 32-year-old told reporters at Sydney airport.

“We know it will be a long journey there, we know we have to pass many COVID tests but we are all ready.

“We know we have one goal. I know that whatever challenges we face, we will face them. ”

The ceremony is to begin on July 23.