Japan has no plan for the 2020 Summer Olympics - despite fears that the spread of the Corona Virus in Japan and other regions around the world - less than five months before the start of the major sporting event, said a senior Japanese official said Friday.
"We will not change anything in the plan for organizing the Games," Katsura Inyo, deputy general manager of the preparation office for the Tokyo 2020 session in the Japanese capital government, told Reuters.
After years of preparation, preparation, and significant investments worth nearly $ 12 billion, Japan is seeking to confirm the establishment of the session and that there are no plans to postpone, cancel or transfer to another place, despite the spread of the virus in several places around the world besides China, the focus of infection.
Reuters quoted Inyo as saying that the course organizers are aware of the threat of the virus, but that will not affect their plans to hold the course in time between July 24 and August 9.
"We don't even think about when or what kind of an emergency plan we might behave when making decisions," Inyo added. "We never think of any change of any kind."
Japanese media said that the organizers of the Olympic Games are considering postponing the big event for a period of between six months and a year, but Ino denied this, saying, "There is no such talk" and confirmed the continued preparations for the Games in time according to the plan.
On Thursday, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach reinforced Japan's position, saying the Olympic Committee was "fully committed" to holding the Games on time.
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