Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games CEO Toshiro Muto (R) speaks during a news conference following a Tokyo 2020 Olympics Executive Board meeting in Tokyo, Japan December 22, 2020. Carl Court/Pool via REUTERS
TOKYO (Reuters) - Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics will spend $900 million on measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus at next year's Games, they said on Tuesday, as they unveiled their latest budget for the delayed tournament.
The organisers repeated their projection that the total cost of the postponement, including the COVID-19 countermeasures, would come to about $2.8 billion, bringing the entire cost of holding the Games to about $15.4 billion.
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