The no-spectator policy, high levels of vaccination in the Olympic Village and other measures have helped to mitigate coronavirus transmissions, said experts.
"The spread of COVID-19 amongst the athletes and their officials largely isolated from the rest of Japan is rather steadily increasing instead of showing an exponential outbreak currently experienced in Tokyo and the rest of Japan," professor Maximilian de Courten, director of the Mitchell Institute for Education and Health Policy at Australia's Victoria University, told"As such, the Games did not turn into a superspreading event, in which many people are infected at once,...
Westerbeek said the"no spectator" policy has been critical in preventing widespread transmission of the virus. "Athletes in the Olympic Village are required to test daily, whereas the requirements for volunteers who have less contact with athletes are less strict. The rules are also harsher for those flying in from overseas, compared to Japanese residents," he said.
"There wasn't a complete lack of transmission, however, and some athletes were unable to compete at all or throughout their events," Brosseau said."As expected, there were infections among workers—both international and Japanese. The latter could have been due to community transmission, of course." De Courten said the games were largely shielded from the outbreak taking place around them:"But can the same be claimed the other way around, that the Games did not contribute to the current fifth COVID wave in Japan?"
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