Tokyo Olympics organisers are considering vaccinating all 70,000 Games volunteers, CEO Toshiro Muto said Tuesday, in a bid to reduce infection risks with around six weeks until the sporting extravaganza.
And overseas journalists covering the event will have their movements tracked by GPS, Muto said, as Games officials try to reassure a sceptical public that the mega-event can be held safely.
"In terms of volunteers, especially volunteers who are bound to be near the athletes, we need to treat them as if they're the same as athletes," he said. Muto said there was "a fair probability" that Games organisers could negotiate to expand that scheme beyond the current 20,000 athletes and staff if they decided to vaccinate all volunteers."If we're going to give shots, we need to identify whether we can add those shots, or whether we have the system to back it up," he said.Organisers also warned that overseas journalists coming to Japan to cover the Games would be subject to strict controls on movement.
"Using GPS, if they go to places outside their planned destinations, that would become very apparent," said Muto.
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