International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice-President John Coates has arrived in Tokyo today, the same day that organisers and the IOC are set to roll out the third and final edition of their so-called Playbooks.

The Playbooks are Covid-19 rule books for athletes and all others entering Japan to participate in the Olympics.

The second version, published in April, was criticised last month in an editorial by The New England Journal of Medicine that said, among other things, that the Playbooks “are not built on scientifically rigorous risk assessment.”

The final version is not expected to deliver major changes, but likely more small details for everyone from athletes to media, broadcasters, and tens of thousands of support staff.

Read the full AP story here.

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