As of 9:00 on March 4, local time, a total of 1,000 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 12 deaths have been confirmed in Japan, of which 706 were diagnosed on the “Diamond Princess” cruise. On the morning of March 4, the Yamaguchi Prefecture government released a news that a man in his 40s was diagnosed with new crown pneumonia.
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic situation in Japan, most primary and secondary schools in Japan will be suspended from March 2; some domestic events have been postponed or cancelled. Many people are skeptical about whether the Tokyo Olympics can be held as scheduled.
In response, Mark Adams, a spokesman for the International Olympic Committee, said that based on the available evidence, there is no reason to change the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and it will be held from July 24 to August 19, 2020 as originally planned.
(Edit Zhou Yan)
Editor-in-chief: [Liu Xian]