Yoshiro Mori says that Tokyo Olympics could be canceled if coronavirus persists next year

The Games are scheduled to start from July 23, 2021

During an interview with Japan’s Nikkan Sports, Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori said that the Olympics could be canceled if the pandemic remains a threat next year.

“The Olympics were canceled in the past for problems like war. We are fighting against an invisible enemy now.”

“The Olympics would be much more valuable than any Olympics in the past if we could go ahead with them after winning this battle,” he said.

“We have to believe this otherwise our hard work and efforts will not be rewarded”

Yoshitake Yokokura, the head of Japan Medical Association, said to the reporters that it would be “difficult to hold the Olympics” without an effective vaccine.

The Games are scheduled to start from July 23, 2021.