On the 4th, a citizen of Tokyo, Japan, passes by a large screen announcing the Tokyo Olympics D-200. The Japanese government shouts for the enforcement of the Tokyo Olympics, but the inside and outside eyes are cold. AP=Yonhap News
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasized that medical staff and health workers are the top candidates for vaccination against the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
According to Reuters on the 25th (local time), WHO emergency response team leader Michael Ryan at a video press briefing asked whether vaccination of Olympic athletes is prioritized in connection with hosting the Tokyo Olympics. It’s not enough to provide,” he said.
“The frontline health workers, the elderly, and the most vulnerable people in our society should get the vaccine first,” added WHO manager Ryan.
Earlier, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga dismissed reports from the British daily newspaper Times last week that the Japanese government gave up hosting this year’s Summer Olympics, and adhered to the government’s commitment to hosting the Summer Olympics.
Although the WHO will provide risk management advice to the IOC, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and Japan’s Ministry of Health, he said, “The final decision on the Olympic risk management measures, the final decision on the Olympics itself is a matter to be decided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Japanese authorities.” I clearly drew it.
Meanwhile, the WHO re-emphasized the fair distribution of the Corona 19 vaccine.
WHO Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus said the world would face economic failure if the vaccine was concentrated in only a few countries. The results of a study by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the International Chamber of Commerce Research Foundation, including these concerns. Introduced.
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