Tokyo Olympic organizers to consider daily COVID-19 tests on athletes

The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee will likely consider the option of conducting coronavirus tests on participating athletes every day, instead of every four days as currently planned, in the wake of new virus variants spreading, sources familiar with the matter said Monday.The organizers are expected to look into whether an increase in the costs and manpower needed for giving COVID-19 tests daily could be kept to an acceptable level without affecting the general public's access to the tests, the sources said.The organizers, the Tokyo metropolitan government and related…READ FULL ARTICLE