Tokyo urges Olympics supporters to 'pack less, wait less' following security tests
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VIDEO SHOWS: TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES VOLUNTEERS BEING CHECKED BY SECURITY WITH ADDITIONAL COVID-19 CHECKS AS THEY ENTER PART OF TOKYO BIG SIGHT, SET TO BE THE MEDIA CENTRE, SOUNDBITES FROM TOKYO 2020 SECURITY BUREAU EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TSUYOSHI IWASHITA
SHOWS: TOKYO, JAPAN (OCTOBER 21, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)
1. VOLUNTEERS QUEUING TO ENTER PART OF TOKYO BIG SIGHT, SET TO BE THE MEDIA CENTRE AT TOKYO OLYMPICS
2. VOLUNTEERS STANDING IN QUEUE, TOKYO PARALYMPICS LOGO ON WINDOW IN BACKGROUND
3. VARIOUS OF VOLUNTEERS OBSERVING SOCIAL DISTANCING MARKERS ON FLOOR OF QUEUE
4. VARIOUS OF SECURITY PERSONNEL CHECKING TEMPERATURES WITH CONTACTLESS THERMOMETERS OF VOLUNTEERS BEFORE THEY ENTER SECURITY CHECKING AREA
5. MEN ENTERING SECURITY CHECKING AREA
6. MAN BEING ASKED TO DRINK WATER TO PROVE IT ISN'T DANGEROUS BY SECURITY PERSONNEL
7. WOMAN NOT WEARING MASK WALKING INTO SECURITY CHECKING AREA
8. SECURITY PERSONNEL HOLDING UP SIGN TO ASK WOMAN TO PUT ON MASK
9. SECURITY PERSONNEL HOLDING SIGN / WOMAN PUTTING ON MASK
10. WOMAN WEARING MASK
11. VARIOUS OF NON-JAPANESE SPEAKING VOLUNTEER WALKING THROUGH SECURITY CHECK AND SPEAKING TO SECURITY PERSONNEL IN ENGLISH
12. TOKYO 2020 SECURITY BUREAU EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TSUYOSHI IWASHITA, SPEAKING TO MEDIA
13. (SOUNDBITE) (English/Japanese) TOKYO 2020 SECURITY BUREAU EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TSUYOSHI IWASHITA, SAYING:
"In English, pack less, wait less. Pack less, wait less. We don't' want to delay the excitement, so please come with very little luggage. Another English catchphrase is: come in light, leave with delight."
14. SECURITY PERSONNEL WELCOMING VOLUNTEERS INTO SECURITY CHECK
15. VARIOUS OF VOLUNTEERS HAVING ID BADGE SCANNED SO THEY CAN ENTER SECURITY CHECK
16. VARIOUS OF VOLUNTEERS HAVING TEMPERATURE TAKEN BY THERMOGRAPHY
17. (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) TOKYO 2020 SECURITY BUREAU EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TSUYOSHI IWASHITA, SAYING:
"For the testing of security measures, probably this is the last one. Of course, as for COVID-19, when we finalise the measures, we want to check these processes. To do so, we will set up further types of testing occasions."
18. VARIOUS OF VOLUNTEERS SHOWING SECURITY PERSONNEL TEMPERATURE STICKERS ON WRISTS
19. VARIOUS OF TEMPERATURE STICKERS BEING DEMONSTRATED BY POURING HOT WATER ON THEM AND SHOWING CHANGE IN COLOUR OF STICKER
20. VARIOUS OF WHEELCHAIR-USING VOLUNTEER PASSING THROUGH SECURITY CHECK
STORY: Tokyo Olympics organisers wrapped up three days of tests on Wednesday (October 21), trialling a number of security and COVID-19 countermeasures and asking supporters and officials to pack less to wait less when entering venues during the Games.
During the tests at Tokyo Big Sight, a convention centre that will host media during the postponed Games next year, organisers assessed various technologies to monitor body temperatures of spectators.
As seen at other sporting events during the global pandemic, thermology cameras and non-contact infrared thermometers were used but organisers also tested the use of 'thermometer strips'.
The strips, which were pasted onto the wrists of volunteers being used in the trial, contain heat-sensitive liquid crystals and can immediately detect if the wearer has a fever.
Another key element of the field test was checking how smoothly spectators can pass through the inspection area while other measures, such as social distancing in queues, are being enforced.
Volunteers presented security personnel with more than 40 different scenarios, including forgetting to wear a mask and trying to bring an aerosol can through security, to test their readiness for the Games.
Organisers were happy with the testing but said more trials will be needed when full COVID-19 protocols are decided.
"Pack less, wait less. We don't want to delay the excitement, so please come with very little luggage," urged Tokyo 2020 Security Director Tsuyoshi Iwashita.
Tokyo organisers have yet to conclude whether fans will be allowed into venues during the Olympics, which run from July 23 - Aug. 8 next year.
(Production: Jack Tarrant)
