By AFP More by this AuthorTOKYONext year's Olympics will be safe despite the coronavirus pandemic, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has said, pledging a "120-percent effort" to ensure the first-ever postponed Games can go ahead. And she pledged an event "that is safe and secure for athletes and fans from abroad as well as for residents of Tokyo and Japan". FIRST WAVEJapan has got through the first coronavirus wave better than many countries, with just over 900 deaths out of fewer than 18,000 confirmed infections. "Tokyo residents know that the summer Games next year in 2021 is not possible unless the impact of coronavirus calms down," Koike said. "What kind of (virus) tests and how?

Source: Daily Nation June 13, 2020 09:45 UTC