The 2020 Olympic Games are scheduled to kick off in Tokyo on July 24, but with the spread of the coronavirus seemingly not slowing down, event organizers might be faced with a tough decision.
, senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound said that the committee has a three-month window of time to decide whether to host the Tokyo Games or cancel the event, depending on the status of the virus.
If the virus is still spreading rapidly by late May, “You’re probably looking at a cancellation,” PoundThe virus—which originated in Wuhan, China, and began spreading in December 2019—has infected 77,658 people and caused 2,663 deaths in China so far, as well as 977 people in South Korea, 10 of whom died from the disease, according to the
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