Japan mulls cheer-free Olympics in new COVID fan rules: Report

Spectators will need a vaccination or negative test to get into events, will be told not to cheer, high-five, eat or drink alcohol inside.

Fans attending the Tokyo Olympics this July might need to be vaccinated or test negative for COVID-19 before they can attend any of the events, and cheering, eating, high-fives and drinking alcohol would also be banned under controls now being considered by the organisers, the Yomiuri Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper, reported, citing unnamed government officials. Organisers are set to decide in June how many spectators – if any – will be allowed to attend the Games, which have already been postponed by a year because of the pandemic. Many Japanese would like to see the event cancelled given the coronavirus has yet to be brought under control. “The plan is to stop the spread of infections during Games time with strict countermeasures,” the paper said on Monday.