70 - 80% Of Tokyo Games Media Crews To Be Vaccinated
The International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo organizing committee expect 70 to 80 percent of media crews covering the Olympics and Paralympics this summer to be vaccinated before the Games open.
The IOC and the organizers recommend that media personnel who may come into contact with athletes during the Games receive coronavirus vaccine shots.
Vaccinations for volunteers and media personnel in Japan are due to start on Friday.
The organizing committee says the number of media personnel who will come to cover the Tokyo Games from abroad is expected to be about 22,200 for the Olympics and about 5,600 for the Paralympics. They include reporters from broadcast and print media.
The organizers plan to use GPS tracking to monitor foreign media crews for 14 days after they enter Japan.
Tokyo 2020 Main Operations Center Chief Nakamura Hidemasa says the crews will be subject to the GPS tracking and other rules even if they are vaccinated.