Can the Olympic Committee Protect Athletes from COVID-19? Here’s the Plan

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The U.S. softball team arrives in Japan ahead of the Summer Olympics. STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images
  • Olympic athletes are arriving in Japan as the country is dealing with a major surge in COVID-19 cases.
  • While many U.S. athletes will be vaccinated, experts have raised concerns about the spread of the delta variant.
  • We talked with experts about how Olympic officials are planning to avoid a COVID-19 outbreak.

With only week until the start of the Tokyo Olympic Games, a surge of COVID-19 cases has put current protocols under scrutiny.

Experts talked with Healthline about the Olympic officials’ plan to prevent turning this premier, international athletic competition into an unprecedented superspreader event.

Source: healthline