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Find out why Tokyo 2020 Olympics may be postponed till December!

The return of the Summer Olympics to the historic city of Tokyo this summer might he under severe threat to the widespread of #CoronaVirus in most part of the region and other parts of the World.

While Speaking to the Japanese Parliamemt recently, Japan’s Olympics Minister; Seiko Hashimoto the 2020 Summer Olympics might he postponed due the Corona Virus that originated from Wuhan, China.

Hashimoto said the country is working with the International Olympics committee to make sure the games hold this summer but “could be interpreted as allowing a postponement” if the coronavirus outbreak is not contained or under control by July.

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“We are doing all we can to ensure that the Games go ahead as planned,” Hashimoto said in a BBC report. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is scheduled to hold between the 24th of July and end the 9th of August.

 

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