Irish bookmaker Paddy Power shortens odds on Tokyo Olympics not being held to 4/6, making a cancelation odds-on.
"The preparations for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 continue as planned," it said in a statement.
"Tokyo 2020 will continue to collaborate with all relevant organizations which carefully monitor any incidence of infectious diseases and will review any countermeasures that may be necessary with all relevant organizations." "You're probably looking at a cancellation," Pound said when asked what may happen should the coronavirus outbreak not be brought under control by this summer.
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