AFP
The WHO on Friday backed the International Olympic Committee, Japan and host city Tokyo to make the right choices in managing the Covid-19 risks surrounding the pandemic-postponed 2020 Games.
The World Health Organization said certain safety decisions regarding athletes, spectators and the Olympic village and venues could only be taken closer to the Games, which are due to open on July 23.
“It’s not whether we will have an Olympics or not — it’s how those individual risks within that framework are being managed,” WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan told a press conference in Geneva.
The UN health agency said it was down to the Japanese authorities to decide what level of public attendance could take place at Olympic events.
Olympics organisers are yet to decide how many fans — if any — will be allowed at the Games, with overseas spectators already barred from attending.
