Tokyo 2020 drops children from Olympic torch events as virus precaution

Games chief rebuffed speculation that the Games might be cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. FMTNews Tokyo2020 Olympics Coronavirus Covid19

A tourist wearing a protective mask takes a photo with the Olympic rings at Tokyo’s Odaiba district.

Mori, a former prime minister who heads the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, again rebuffed speculation that the Games might be cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. Mori has said that the only plan right now was to hold the Games as scheduled, but emphasised that the organisers were listening to various opinions and would be flexible about the events in the run-up because the situation was evolving rapidly.

The Olympic torch will be lit in Olympia at a scaled-down ceremony on March 12 before a seven-day relay that will culminate with a handover ceremony in Greece on March 19, which 140 Japanese children had been slated to attend. Around 200 more were to have participated in the arrival ceremony in Japan on March 20.

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