ATHENS (Reuters) – A decision on whether to postpone this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games will be taken in coming days, 2 sources within the Olympic motion told Reuters on Tuesday.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Tokyo Games organizers are under mounting pressure to hold off the Games due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and IOC President Thomas Bach will hold a telephone conference at 1100 GMT to talk about a hold-up, the IOC said.
” Today, the IOC is going over with the Japanese federal government, the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and the IOC Executive Board about the scenar