As a part of the countermeasures established by the Tokyo Marathon Basis to make sure the security of individuals by stopping clusters of recent coronavirus infections on the 2021 Tokyo Marathon held on Sunday, Mar. 6, 2022, the TMF established a countermeasure assessment committee and examine group to develop efficient measures for coping with infectious illness danger for the aim of conducting a protected and safe occasion. A abstract of the outcomes from PCR testing accomplished on runners earlier than the race by occasion medical companions F Medical Tools Co., Ltd. and Tokyo TMS Clinic are as follows. The entire report is linked on the backside.
Of 19.527 exams carried out on runners within the three days previous to the race, 108 constructive circumstances have been found, a positivity price of 0.55%. No faulty exams have been found. Not one of the individuals who examined constructive had temperatures measured at 37.5˚C or increased after they got here to runner check-in on the occasion expo. In phone interviews Tokyo TMS Clinic medical doctors discovered that whereas the bulk have been asymptomatic, 35 exhibited some signs comparable to sore throat or fever, together with 11 who developed signs after having submitted their check samples. The asymptomatic numbers included individuals who have been shut contacts and those that had gone by quarantine following an infection however nonetheless examined constructive for the virus.
On race day, Mar. 6, the town of Tokyo as a complete recorded 9,282 new circumstances, with a 7-day common of 10,995 and a positivity price of 32.8%. For the week from Feb. 28 to Mar. 6, of 79,479 exams carried out the variety of constructive circumstances was 4,845, a suspected constructive price of 6.1%. This was consistent with charges of 5 to 7% within the 10 days earlier than the race at testing carried out at Tokyo TMS Clinic.
This was the primary try in Japan to conduct the identical PCR check on all individuals in a large-scale occasion, and within the midst of different measures comparable to physique temperature and bodily situation self-monitoring designed to sluggish the unfold of the sixth wave of infections, it was demonstrated that these measures alone are inadequate for stopping the participation of roughly 100 contaminated folks in a subject of 20,000. On the identical time, it was confirmed that efficient testing protocols primarily based on science could make it potential to securely stage a big occasion with 20,000 folks.
The 2023 Tokyo Marathon scheduled for Sunday, Mar. 5, 2023 will likewise be held in a protected and safe approach primarily based on the information and practices gained from the 2021 race. Purposes will open in mid-July, 2022.
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