Secure medical resources or consider canceling Tokyo Olympics: infectious disease expert
May 6, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
This March 2020 file photo shows Dr. Atsuo Hamada. (Mainichi/Shogo Takagi) TOKYO As the spread of the coronavirus has become a major obstacle to hosting the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, securing medical resources is an essential condition for hosting the games this summer, an expert on infectious diseases has pointed out. Doctors and nurses will be needed to treat and respond to those infected with the coronavirus, and medical personnel will also be needed for vaccinations. These are the two priorities of the people, said Dr. Atsuo Hamada, a professor of travel medicine at Tokyo Medical University. He continued, The question is if we can allocate medical resources to hold the Olympics (while handling those priorities).
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Countries split on whether to prioritize vaccines for Tokyo Olympic athletes: survey The Mainichi
TOKYO While vaccinations against the coronavirus have begun in Japan, countries around the world have taken varying responses regarding whether to prioritize shots for athletes competing in the Tokyo Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has encouraged summer Tokyo Games athletes to get vaccinated, but questions remain over when and how inoculations will happen, and one foreign media outlet has posited that COVID-19 vaccines for participating athletes may become a future political issue.
Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, called vaccinations the first step toward hope in a Feb. 18 press conference following her appointment as the committee s new chief. In Japan, health care workers are currently being vaccinated; after them, inoculations for older people and individuals with preexi