International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates said Friday that the Summer Olympics will go on in Tokyo beginning in July regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the Associated Press (h/t ESPN), Coates said the following during a virtual news conference:
"The advice we have from the WHO (World Health Organization) and all other scientific and medical advice that we have is that--all the measures we have outlined, all of those measures that we are undertaking are satisfactory and will ensure a safe and secure games in terms of health. And that's the case whether there is a state of emergency or not.