Olympics to provide condoms to athletes but advised to continue to social distance

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Tokyo Olympic organisers plan to give away about 150,000 condoms at next month's Games, but are telling athletes to take them home rather than use them in the Olympic village where social distancing rules and coronavirus measures are the top priority.

Large numbers of condoms have been given out at the Games since the 1988 Seoul Olympics to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS, and organisers said the International Olympic Committee had requested their continued distribution.

But athletes have been told to keep their distance from each other, meaning fewer opportunities to mingle and more.

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Dining has become another issue to resolve.

Organisers were originally planning to feed residents of the village in vast dining halls - the largest one with a capacity to seat 4,500 people at once.

But now, the organisers will ask athletes to dine alone, maintain social distancing with others, and wipe down surfaces after eating.

"Without the proper measures in place, it will only take one person to bring in the virus and spread it, especially in places like the athlete village," Nobuhiko Okabe, one of the infectious disease specialists advising Tokyo 2020 on its coronavirus measures said at a news conference on Friday.

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