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Originally Posted by bitontheslide
A senior member of Japan’s ruling party has said cancelling the Olympics remains a possibility if the coronavirus situation in Japan becomes too severe.
Toshiro Nikai is a very powerful politician in Japan’s ruling party, so his words carry weight.
In the TV interview he said the Olympics should be cancelled "without hesitation" if the virus situation in Japan becomes too severe.
“If the infections spreads because of the Olympics then I don’t see what the Olympics is for,” he said.
Nikai’s comments have been dismissed by other ruling party officials who told Japanese media the games will not be cancelled.
The governor of Tokyo said she thought Nikai had only meant that the virus must be contained by all means.
But the virus is not being contained. On Wednesday, Japan recorded nearly 5,500 new cases.
The so-called “Kent variant”, originally identified in England, is now the dominant strain in western Japan, and it is spreading fast in the greater Tokyo area.
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Blimey us Brits will be even more unpopular in the world
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