Organizers urged to decide Olympics' fate after mulling impact

TOKYO: Japan's top coronavirus adviser on Friday called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and local organisers to decide whether to stage the Tokyo Olympics after studying how the Games could burden the country's medical systems.

The IOC and the Tokyo Olympics organising committee "certainly have a responsibility" for making the decision, Shigeru Omi, who chairs the government's coronavirus advisory panel, told a low house committee meeting, DPA reports.

"The decision cannot be made at the last minute," Omi stressed.

Tokyo Olympics organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto has said they have already decided to hold the Games between July 23 and August 8.

The IOC and local organizers are pressing ahead with the Games despite rock-solid opposition in Japan amid the pandemic. IANS

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