The fight to avoid contagion in the middle of the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 has generated somewhat peculiar measures by the organization of the event.
One of the most particular is related to the care that must be preserved during the athletes’ stay in the Olympic Village.
Although the organization had agreed in June to deliver condoms to athletes, they were recommended not to have sex during the games that will be played from July .
Where Olympic Dreams are made. Athletes’ Village bedroom in Tokyo. # Tokyo 2020 pic.twitter.com/2yvzcPELXT
– IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) November , 2020
But to go further, beds were installed cardboard, which will make it more impossible to generate sexual relations.
They are at least 18. 000 beds that were arranged for the rest of the athletes. They are designed so that they sleep comfortably, but they can break if they support a weight greater than indicated.
# International | The beds that will be installed in the Tokyo Olympic Village will be made of cardboard, this with the aim of avoiding intimacy between the athletes.
The beds will be able to withstand the weight of a single person to avoid situations beyond sports. pic.twitter.com/DU4ZBkXo2o
– The Independence (@ LaIndependenci1) July , 2021
The organization also justified that the measure It also seeks to guarantee a sustainable Olympics with the environment , since the beds are recyclable and their material will be reused when the event ends.
To date, three positive cases of COVID have been counted – 19 in the Olympic Village . It would be the South African soccer delegation, as stated by its federation in a statement.
TEAM SA TOKYO 2020 COVID UPDATE https://t.co/XZmb4fTzrI
– SAFA.net (@SAFA_net) July 18, 2021
At least 55 Covid cases – 19 linked to the Tokyo Olympics have been reported by the authorities since last July 1.
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