Tokyo 2020 OlympicsOlympic COVID cases show measures work: IOC President Bach
Games' top official asks skeptical Japanese public to think of athletes
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks during a news conference on July 17 in Tokyo. © Reuters
FRANCESCA REGALADO, Nikkei staff writer
TOKYO -- International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, at a news conference in Tokyo on Saturday, expressed confidence that the COVID-19 countermeasures the Games' organizers have designed will be sufficient to prevent mass infection at the first Olympics held during a pandemic.