A decision on whether or not to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, due to take place in July, will be taken in the next four weeks as the executive board mulls several options.
The board say they are stepping up “scenario-planning” in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic that is playing havoc with life worldwide, leading the cancellation or postponement of most of global sport.
They acknowledged that the coronavirus pandemic was in flux and in some places rapidly worsening.
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They did rule out cancelling the games altogether though, saying that wouldn’t “help anybody”
“There is a dramatic increase in cases and new outbreaks of COVID-19 in different countries on different continents,” said an official statement.