<p>The Tokyo Olympics will provide a model for hosting the Games during a pandemic after rising COVID-19 infections forced organisers to ban spectators at most events, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto said on Sunday.</p>.<p>"This will be the first Olympics held during a pandemic, and Tokyo will provide a model for how that is done," Muto said on a political debate program aired by public broadcaster NHK.</p>.<p>Athletes will not have to compete in completely empty venues because Olympic officials and journalists will be there, he added.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/tokyo-2020-a-closed-door-games-with-few-exceptions-1006708.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 2020, a closed-door Games with few exceptions</a></strong></p>.<p>Organisers on Thursday there would be no spectators in host city Tokyo as a resurgent coronavirus forced Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to declare a state of emergency in the capital that will run throughout the Games. Most events outside Tokyo will also take place without spectators.</p>.<p>Speaking on the same program as Muto, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato and the country's top health adviser, Shigeru Omi, urged people stay home during the games.</p>.<p>"We would ask people to support athletes from home," Kato said.</p>
<p>The Tokyo Olympics will provide a model for hosting the Games during a pandemic after rising COVID-19 infections forced organisers to ban spectators at most events, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto said on Sunday.</p>.<p>"This will be the first Olympics held during a pandemic, and Tokyo will provide a model for how that is done," Muto said on a political debate program aired by public broadcaster NHK.</p>.<p>Athletes will not have to compete in completely empty venues because Olympic officials and journalists will be there, he added.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/tokyo-2020-a-closed-door-games-with-few-exceptions-1006708.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 2020, a closed-door Games with few exceptions</a></strong></p>.<p>Organisers on Thursday there would be no spectators in host city Tokyo as a resurgent coronavirus forced Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to declare a state of emergency in the capital that will run throughout the Games. Most events outside Tokyo will also take place without spectators.</p>.<p>Speaking on the same program as Muto, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato and the country's top health adviser, Shigeru Omi, urged people stay home during the games.</p>.<p>"We would ask people to support athletes from home," Kato said.</p>