The Tokyo 2020 organization ensures that the coronavirus does not affect the celebration of the Games

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The organization of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games assure this Thursday that the coronavirus do not affect the celebration of this summer's event, so they do not consider “canceling or postponing” the event and hope to coordinate with the Japanese government to manage the issue in a “quiet” way.

“We would like to reiterate that We are not considering canceling or postponing the Tokyo Games for the coronavirus. We will coordinate with the government and treat it in a calm manner, “said the president of the Games Organizing Committee, Yoshiro Mori, after a meeting with the members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Tokyo government.

The virus that emerged at the end of last year in China has already caused more than 1,300 deaths throughout the country and has left a total of 203 cases in Japan, among other countries, which caused the World Health Organization (WHO) will declare the now known Covid-19 infection as a global health emergency last January.

In this regard, last week, the general director of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, Toshiro Muto, expressed his “worry“Because of the possibility that the disease would affect the Games this summer in the Japanese capital.” I hope that the spread of the coronavirus is not a jug of water over the competition, “he added.

For his part, the president of the IOC Coordination Commission, John Coates, considered the coronavirus outbreak a “unexpected problem“and underline that the authorities of the Games will take the” necessary precautions “to protect all athletes and people visiting Japan during the Olympic event.