Mainichi's report on how the World Cup is So Over COVID-19 generating some attention.
The story notes that Japan and England among the few teams to require that reporters wear masks at news conferences, and that Japan's precautions particularly strict among participants.
The story notes that Japan and England among the few teams to require that reporters wear masks at news conferences, and that Japan's precautions particularly strict among participants.
https://twitter.com/YahooNewsTopics/status/1598228408106127368
Among precautions:
- New players arriving at the #SamuraiBlue camp took antigen tests for 3 days to make sure they weren't incubating.
- Round tables at meals had odd number of seats so players wouldn't face each other.
- Media and players wore masks in mixed zones
- New players arriving at the #SamuraiBlue camp took antigen tests for 3 days to make sure they weren't incubating.
- Round tables at meals had odd number of seats so players wouldn't face each other.
- Media and players wore masks in mixed zones
A professor at the International University of Health and Welfare in Okinawa says "Japan & rest of the world are confronting pandemic differently; epitome of that is this World Cup. There are risks but if you consider state of society, they may be unavoidable."
"What scares me is that the way the World Cup has managed things could be considered the standard going forward, indirectly leading to a prolonged increase in infections."
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