Gov't gives go-ahead for Tokyo 2020 athletes to train during conditional MCO
CORONAVIRUS | Athletes preparing for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics are allowed to undergo training during the current conditional movement control order (MCO) with strict standard operating procedures (SOPs) enforced.
A total of 57 athletes are among 265 individuals given the leeway to train under the Road to Tokyo 2020 programme, Senior Minister (Security cluster) Ismail Sabri Yaakob said in his daily media conference today.
CORONAVIRUS | Athletes preparing for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics are allowed to undergo training during the current conditional movement control order (MCO) with strict standard operating procedures (SOPs) enforced.
A total of 57 athletes are among 265 individuals given the leeway to train under the Road to Tokyo 2020 programme, Senior Minister (Security cluster) Ismail Sabri Yaakob said in his daily media conference today.
The athletes and staffers will spend a month in three training centres namely Bukit Jalil Sports complex, Malaysia Badminton Academy in Bukit Kiara, and the national sailing training centre in Langkawi.
The training will begin on June 1.
"The SOPs will be very strict. On the registration day, they have to undergo a swab test.
"When they enter the training centre, they are not allowed to go out for 30 days.
"Before they completed the training, they will have to undergo a swab test again," he said.
A monitoring committee, chaired by Youth and Sports Minister Reezal Merican Naina Merican, will monitor adherence to the SOPs.
Due to Covid-19 pandemic, Tokyo has postponed the games to next year.
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