Photo / APWith calls for a cancellation mounting, pressure is building on Japanese organisers and the IOC to explain exactly how they plan to hold the Tokyo Olympics in the midst of a pandemic. Some in the Japanese medical community are voicing alarm, fearful that hospitals — already struggling with local patients — will be overwhelmed when the Olympics open on July 23. A man walks past a Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games countdown clock at the Tokyo train station in Tokyo. Photo / APQ: How is the Japanese medical community and scientific community reacting to the prospect of having the Olympics? Lastly, China is to hold the Beijing Winter Olympics just six months after Tokyo ends.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 26, 2021 17:48 UTC