Tokyo Olympics at risk if coronavirus mutates, gets stronger: Japan adviser
However, a recent spike in cases in Tokyo is due to a failure to stick to guidelines to prevent contagion, he said.
“I think the virus is mutating all the time … it may be a much stronger virus that triggers a second wave,” Kurokawa told Reuters. “The Olympics may be postponed again, but I can’t predict.” Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike told Reuters on Monday the Olympics, originally scheduled to start this month but put off to 2021 because of the pandemic, must go ahead next year as a symbol of world unity in overcoming coronavirus.
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