[ti:Tokyo Olympics to Release Plan for Games in Pandemic] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese organizers [00:06.40]are set to publish a rulebook for the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games. [00:14.40]The book will be released next week. [00:17.56]It will explain how 15,400 Olympic and Paralympic sports competitors [00:26.16]and tens of thousands of others will try to safely enter Japan [00:31.88]when the Olympics begin in six months. [00:35.88]Local organizers and the IOC are hoping to push back against [00:41.64]recent media reports claiming the Olympics will be canceled, [00:46.32]as Tokyo and much of Japan are still under a COVID-19 state of emergency. [00:54.52]The release of the plan is set to take place [00:57.88]at IOC headquarters in Switzerland on February 4. [01:02.80]Tokyo organizers are to present the plan the following day. [01:08.72]Lucia Montanarella is head of IOC media operations. [01:14.64]She said the organizers created four different possible situations. [01:20.44]One includes continued travel restrictions, for example. [01:25.72]Another imagines the pandemic is nearly over. [01:29.76]Montanarella added, "The present scenario [01:33.56]is very much like one of those that we'd created, [01:37.20]with the pandemic still among us, [01:39.52]and some countries being able to contain it, some not." [01:44.72]The book will explain plans for creating safe bubbles in Tokyo. [01:50.08]It will be updated with changing rules [01:53.24]and requirements as the opening date gets closer. [01:57.36]The Olympic Games are set to start July 23. [02:02.00]The Paralympics are to open one month later, on August 24. [02:08.40]Athletes and those traveling to Japan -- coaches, judges, [02:13.32]members of the media -- are likely to face some self-quarantine periods [02:18.76]before they leave their home country. [02:21.04]This will be followed by tests at the airport, tests after arriving in Japan, [02:28.00]and additional testing for those staying in the Athletes Village. [02:33.56]A major unanswered question involves fans. [02:38.20]How many fans will be permitted to watch events? [02:42.80]Also, will only fans already in Japan be included? [02:48.84]Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto [02:52.40]said Tuesday that those decisions will be announced "by the spring." [02:58.48]Fewer fans means more costs for Japan. [03:02.52]The local organizing committee expected [03:05.44]to receive $800 million from ticket sales. [03:10.04]Any drop in sales will have to be made up [03:13.80]by Japanese government groups. [03:16.44]Craig Spence is a spokesman for the International Paralympic Committee. [03:22.60]He said organizers must get the support of the Japanese public. [03:27.92]Recent opinion studies show that [03:30.64]80 percent of Japanese people questioned [03:34.20]think the Olympics should be canceled or postponed. [03:39.32]IOC President Thomas Bach [03:42.00]is pushing for everyone involved in the Olympics to be vaccinated. [03:46.68]But the World Health Organization said earlier this week [03:51.44]that Olympic athletes should not be placed [03:54.96]ahead of healthcare workers, old people [03:58.28]and those at risk of getting severely ill. [04:02.80]Japan has recorded more than 5,000 deaths connected to COVID-19. [04:10.04]Its healthcare system is under pressure with deaths and new cases rising. [04:16.00]A vaccination program is expected to start next month. [04:20.88]But vaccines will not be available to the general public until later in spring. [04:27.88]The president of the Japan Medical Association, Dr. Toshio Nakagawa, [04:34.04]issued a warning last week when asked about the Olympics. [04:38.72]"Many people will come from abroad, and it's a huge number, [04:43.44]even with just the athletes," Nakagawa said. [04:47.76]"In this situation, if coronavirus patients appear among them [04:52.88]as a collapse of the medical system is happening and is spreading, [04:57.52]it will not be possible to accept them." [05:01.44]I'm Ashley Thompson. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM