Tokyo 2020's Hashimoto: will keep close eye on coronavirus situation
07/05/2021 08:28
TOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 organisers will keep a
close eye on the coronavirus situation and make a decision on
Olympic spectators in June based on that, Tokyo 2020 president
Seiko Hashimoto said on Friday.
Japan is set to extend a state of emergency in Tokyo and
four other areas until the end of May, meaning the measure would
end less than two months before the Olympics, postponed for a
year due to the pandemic, start on July 23.
Hashimoto also said it might be "a burden" for International
Olympic Committee head Thomas Bach to visit Japan in the midst
of the state of emergency. Japanese media reports have said Bach
would attend a torch relay ceremony in the western city of
Hiroshima on May 17, but Hashimoto said his visit had not been
confirmed.
(Reporting by Sakura Murakami; writing by Elaine Lies)
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