The head of the World Health Organization said Saturday it will not be easy to make next year's Tokyo Olympics a safe global gathering after the pandemic.
Speaking at a joint news conference with the IOC, the WHO's director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for "national unity and global solidarity" to fight the coronavirus outbreak ahead of the Olympics. The Games, postponed this year, should bring athletes from more than 200 countries to Japan.
"It is in our hands, but it is not easy. If we do our best, especially with national unity and global solidarity, I think it's possible," he said. Health experts, including in Japan, have questioned how the 33-sport Olympics can be run before an effective global vaccine program is in place. "It is too early to start speculation on different scenarios and what it may need at the time to guarantee this safe environment for all participants."
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