A Tokyo Olympics volunteer wearing a facemask poses with volleyballs behind a protective plexiglass plate at the media centre ahead of the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: AFP
Tokyo Olympics: 10,000 volunteers hit the hurdles of Covid-19, chaos and not much to do
- Around one in 10 of the 110,000 people who had signed up as volunteers for the Tokyo Olympics are thought to have thrown in the towel
- Coronavirus fears put off many, while some ran in to organisational problems. For others there is a mental barrier: boredom
A Tokyo Olympics volunteer wearing a facemask poses with volleyballs behind a protective plexiglass plate at the media centre ahead of the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: AFP
