Tokyo Olympics to require COVID-19 tests for athletes

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E-mail Xinhua, September 24, 2020 Adjust font size: 下载安装Flash播放器 Tokyo 2020 organizers are planning to test all foreign athletes for COVID-19 when they arrive in Japan for the delayed Olympic Games, it was announced in draft measures on Wednesday. Non-Japanese athletes should have tests within 72 hours before departure for Japan in their own country or region and will be tested again upon their arrival in Japan, according to the measures released after a joint meeting by Tokyo 2020, the Japanese government and the Tokyo metropolitan government. From early July 2021, all athletes, including Japanese participants living in Japan, will...