While five Olympics Games were cancelled during world wars I and II, 2020 was the first time the Olympics have ever been postponed but not first time the Games have had a brush with a pandemic. Bring on the cheers Find live streams, must-watch video highlights, breaking news and more in one perfect Olympic Games package. More from Tokyo 2020The Zika virus was discovered in monkeys in 1947 but didn't cause an outbreak in human beings until 2007. Second, Olympic athletes, journalists and tourists stayed in air-conditioned buildings with screened windows and indoor plumbing, in areas regularly treated with insecticides. After the Olympics ended and the athletes went home, women in Rio's favelas were still being infected with the disease and giving birth to microcephalic infants.

Source: CBC News August 01, 2021 09:30 UTC