AFP, TOKYOTokyo 2020 organizers yesterday said that the Games would “go ahead as planned,” slamming misinformation over a new coronavirus for triggering panic. “The Olympics will go ahead as planned,” he told reporters after a Paralympic project review. “The World Health Organization has not declared this a pandemic. “We will follow the advice of the World Health Organization. The Tokyo Olympics begin on July 24 and the Paralympics start on Aug. 25.

Source: Taipei Times February 06, 2020 15:56 UTC