Event will be scrapped in case of further delay: Tokyo Oly chief
By IANS | Published: April 28, 2020 03:21 PM2020-04-28T15:21:48+5:302020-04-28T15:35:12+5:30
The head of Japan Medical Association (JMA) had earlier said that hosting the event in the summer of 2021 remains difficult till the time an "effective vaccine' is developed.
Event will be scrapped in case of further delay: Tokyo Oly chief
crisis. The International Olympics Committee (IOC) set the new dates as July 23 till August 8 next year.
The head of Japan Medical Association (JMA) had earlier said that hosting the event in the summer of 2021 remains difficult till the time an "effective vaccine' is developed.
"Unless an effective vaccine is developed I think it will be difficult to hold the Olympics next year," JMA President Yoshitake Yokokura told reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday. "I'm not saying at this point that they shouldn't be held. The outbreak is not only confined to Japan ... it's a worldwide issue."
( With inputs from IANS )
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