Postpone the Olympics? Tokyo Official Backtracks After Causing Confusion

Mr. Mori, the Tokyo Olympic chairman, acknowledged the coronavirus eventually could affect the Games.

“I think there is an impact,” he said. “But now, experts are discussing the response to it and the W.H.O. will present its basic thoughts soon. Unless there is any such proposal to change the plan, it is a matter of course for us, the organizing committee, to proceed with the Games as planned.”

Changes were already implemented, for instance, for the Olympic flame lighting ceremony on Thursday in Olympia, Greece. The event, normally public, is set to take place without spectators after a recent increase in coronavirus cases in the area.

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