The postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics could be scrapped if the virus isn't under control by next year.
IN PERIL. The postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics remains in peril due to the coronavirus pandemic. Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFPwill have to be canceled if the coronavirus pandemic isn't brought under control by next year, the organizing committee's president said in comments published Tuesday, April 28.
If the virus is successfully contained,"we'll hold the Olympics in peace next summer", he added."Mankind is betting on it." Organizers and Japanese officials have said the delayed Olympics will be a chance to showcase the world's triumph over the coronavirus, but questions have arisen about whether even a year's postponement is sufficient.
And last week a Japanese medical expert who has criticized the country's response to the coronavirus warned that he was"very pessimistic" that the postponed Olympics can be held in 2021. In the interview, Mori also said organizers were considering holding joint opening and closing ceremonies for the Olympics and the Paralympics in an effort to cut costs.
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