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Tokyo to unveil rule book for beating virus

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FILE PHOTO: A man wears a protective mask amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in front of the giant Olympic rings in Tokyo, Japan, January 13, 2021. [REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo]

Remember the word: Playbook.

This is the rule book that the IOC and Tokyo organisers are set to roll out next week to explain how 15,400 Olympic and Paralympic athletes and tens of thousands of others will try to safely enter Japan when the Olympics open in just under six months.

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