Posted on 02/18/2020 9:19:26 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The highest profile casualty of the raging Covid-19 outbreak might yet be the 2020 Summer Olympic Games set to open in Tokyo, Japan on July 24, and Japanese prime minister Abe Shinzo is moving heaven and earth to ensure this disaster doesn't occur.
Since the end of January, PM Abe has gone on a high-profile media blitz to ensure countries, athletes and millions of Olympic tourists of their safety from Covid-19 in the Summer Games, which start July 24 and ends August 9 at different venues around the country.
Abe's consistent message: the Tokyo Olympics won't be postponed. On February 6, Abe told the Diet, or Japan's parliament, the 2020 Olympics won't be canceled or postponed despite fears about Covid-19 infections.
“I want to make it clear that the Organizing Committee and the International Olympic Committee are not holding any discussions whatsoever about whether or not to hold the Tokyo Games,” Abe emphasized.
Despite this, both in and outside the Olympics, the Covid-19 scare has led to the postponement or movement to another country of a number of international sports events. Among the more recent changes:
* The IOC announced Jordan as hosts of the boxing qualifiers for Asia and Oceania after the event in Wuhan was cancelled. The qualifiers will now take place in Amman from March 3 to 11.
* The International Basketball Federation moved the Feb. 6-9 Tokyo Olympics qualifiers to be held in Foshan to Belgrade, Serbia.
A four-team women's Olympic qualifying tournament involving China, Australia, Taiwan and Thailand was moved from Wuhan to Australia.
* The World Athletics Indoor Championships scheduled in Nanjing from March 13 to 15 has been postponed to 2021.
* Formula One organizers have postponed the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on April 19.
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Thank you. I remembered the plot, could not remember the title.
Stay Free
I agree.
I’ve been concerned ever since that ship with possible infected people docked in Bayonne 20 minutes drive from my house.
I’m not terrified of dying.
I AM terrified of suffering!! This illness sounds AWFUL.
Those 2 that recovered in the US, one of them said it was really, really miserable.
I can do without that!
Cyclists, swimmers, and runners won’t set any new records competing in facemasks and hazmat suits.
I hope you are right.
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