Author: Van Thuan HoangPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
The authors reviewed the occurrence of outbreaks at past Olympics and discuss the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic at the Tokyo Games.
The Tokyo Olympic Games and the Risk of COVID-19
Author: Van Thuan HoangPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
The authors reviewed the occurrence of outbreaks at past Olympics and discuss the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic at the Tokyo Games.
The Tokyo Olympic Games and the risk of COVID-19
Author: COVID-19 risk assessment for the Tokyo Olympic Games
Author: Response to COVID-19 During the Tokyo Olympic Games
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases was expected to increase during the Tokyo Olympic Games because of the increased physical contact within and between the domestic population and international participants of the Games. The rapid rise of the Delta variant (B.1.617) in Japan meant that hosting the Olympic Games without any restrictions was likely to lead to an increase in cases. The authors aimed to quantitatively assess possible COVID-19 response strategies for the Olympic Games, comparing the prevalence of severe cases and the cumulative number of COVID-19 deaths via scenario analysis.
COVID-19 Risk Assessment at the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have been postponed to 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors of this study developed a model that integrated source-environment-receptor pathways to evaluate how preventive efforts were able to reduce the infection risk among spectators at the opening ceremony of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Public Health for Mass Gatherings
Author: World Health OrganizationPublisher:
ISBN: 9789241564939
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This document presents the key issues to be considered in the process of setting up and implementing public health alert, response and operational plans for MGs. It sets out methods for assessing the needs of the MG, determining the ability of existing systems to meet those needs, and modifying and strengthening those systems where required. It provides advice about prevention, detection and management of public health incidents, as well as the integration of the full range of public health activities into the MG planning process. It addresses the many different types of MG, provides case studies of the work undertaken for public health activities at various MGs, and supporting papers and additional resources to support the information here. This document has been developed primarily for public health professionals, as well as key policy makers, planners and executive personnel. In addition to those in the health sector, there are many outside authorities involved in contributing to healthy outcomes at MGs, who will also find this document useful. It is further anticipated that it will be a valuable resource for event promoters and managers, emergency service personnel, government bodies, and any organizations or individuals who contribute to the organization of MGs. Wide distribution should be encouraged, providing it is understood that while many factors influence the wellbeing of those attending MGs, the detailed contents of this document are directed principally at managing public health issues that influence health and safety at a MG."--Page 12.
NOlympians
Author: Jules BoykoffPublisher: Fernwood Publishing
ISBN: 1773632779
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
NOlympians: Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo and Beyond investigates the intersection of the global rise of anti-Olympics activism and the declining popularity of hosting of the Games. The Olympics were once buoyed by myths of luminous prosperity and upticks in tourism and jobs, but in recent years these assurances have been debunked. Now more than ever, it’s clear that the Olympics have transmogrified into a political-economic juggernaut that arrives with displacement, expanded policing, and anti-democratic backroom deals. Jules Boykoff – a former professional soccer player who represented the US Olympic soccer team – zooms in on Los Angeles, where the Democratic Socialists of America have launched the NOlympics LA campaign ahead of the 2028 Summer Games. Boykoff shows how DSA-LA’s anti-Olympics activism fits with the resurgence of socialism in the US and beyond. Boykoff’s research, based on more than 100 interviews with anti-Olympics activists, personal experiences at protests in Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro, London, and Tokyo, academic research, mass- and alternative-media coverage, and Olympic archives, is the backbone for this story of activists fighting against the odds and embracing the transformative politics of democratic socialism.
The impact of preventive strategies adopted during large events on the COVID-19 pandemic
Author: Protecting the People, Or the Olympics ?
Author: Yosuke BuchmeierPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This study explores a case of public service media finding itself in a predicament between adhering to its civic mission to serve the public interest, and prioritizing its self-preservation by bowing to political power. Contrasting the media coverage with epidemiological data, the study suggests that the COVID-19 risk in Tokyo was cut from the news agenda by Japan's public broadcaster NHK ahead of the official postponement of the Olympic Games in March 2020. This case highlights the challenging balancing act of a semi-independent media organization between following a political agenda, that is, pushing a mega sports event, acting in its own economic interest as a media stakeholder of the Olympics, and at the same time protecting public health.
Redesigning the Games?
Author: Jan Andre Lee LudvigsenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
More than a year into the pandemic, scholars and practitioners have highlighted several of the organizational implications of coronavirus-disease 2019 (COVID-19) on worldwide cultural festivals and sporting events. Following COVID-19, numerous major sporting events, including the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, were postponed in February and March 2020. As the new dates of many rescheduled sporting events approach in time, the article discusses pressing questions related to sporting event risk, safety and security.