Tokyo 2020 lays out medical plans for pandemic Olympics

Games could be held even under a COVID state of emergency, official says

Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto (left), Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto (right), and IOC Coordination Commission Chairman John Coates (center via video link), attend a news conference on May 21 after a three-day IOC Coordination Commission meeting. © Reuters

FRANCESCA REGALADO and RURIKA IMAHASHI, Nikkei staff writers

May 21, 2021 22:42 JST

TOKYO -- With 63 days to go until the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics begin and mounting pressure from the Japanese public and medical establishment, organizers have laid out specific plans for the pandemic games after their final coordination meeting with the International Olympic Committee.