COVID-19 has not defeated Tokyo Games: WHO director general Tedros Adhanom

“How infections are handled is what matters most,” WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a speech to an International Olympic Committee meeting.

“The Tokyo Olympics should not be judged by the tally of cases that arise because eliminating risk is impossible,” the head of the World Health Organisation told sports officials on Wednesday as events began in Japan. “How infections are handled is what matters most,” WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a speech to an International Olympic Committee meeting. “The mark of success is making sure that any cases are identified, isolated, traced and cared for as quickly as possible and onward transmission is interrupted,” he said.