Tokyo governor says cancelling Olympics 'unthinkable' eNCA
Doubts are increasingly being raised over whether the Olympics can be held as scheduled from July 24 to August 9.is"unthinkable" although the classification of the coronavirus as a pandemic will likely have some impact on the Games, the Tokyo city governor said on Thursday.
"It can't be said that the announcement of a pandemic would have no impact... But I think cancellation is unthinkable," Yuriko Koike told reporters. Doubts are increasingly being raised over whether the Olympics can be held as scheduled from July 24 to August 9.Organisers have insisted the Games will go ahead as planned and the International Olympic Committee , with whom the final decision rests, has said there has not yet been any talk of cancellation or postponement.
The IOC has said it will coordinate closely with the World Health Organization, which has now officially classified the outbreak as a pandemic. Koike vowed to work with the IOC and Tokyo 2020 organisers on what she described as a"global issue", promising to devote her"utmost efforts" to holding the Games.
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