TOKYO (AFP) - Next year's Paralympics need to be able to guarantee zero coronavirus cases, the head of the Games has told AFP, adding that they cannot go ahead if protection measures do not improve.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TOKYO - Next year's Paralympics need to be able to guarantee zero coronavirus cases, the head of the Games has told AFP, adding that they cannot go ahead if protection measures do not improve.
"If the situation was like it is today... if we were going to start tomorrow, we could not go ahead," he said in an interview.After a recent surge in coronavirus cases, Tokyo is skipping the sort of public events held in 2019 to mark one year before the Games' original start date. "We are not working with acceptable levels of risk. This is the bottom line, this is where we draw the line in the sand," he said.
But he acknowledged that the Games will be infinitely more complicated than other competitions, given their scale, number of events and international nature. "The standard we have to take is, it doesn't matter if you have a disability or not. You don't get the virus, full stop." The pandemic has"highlighted some inequalities around the world", he said, adding there were worries that"the focus of governments, or even media or even sponsor support will go only to these big leagues or athletes".
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