In Tokyo rush to determine a new date for the start of the Olympics

prior To this the largest number of cases were registered on March 29 – 63. All in all, Japan is officially 2400 confirmed cases of infection COVID-19.

Photo: AP Why is the schedule of the Olympic games in Tokyo is constantly changing

All these figures show that although the rate of spread of the disease in the country is not as high as, for example, in the United States, the decision to postpone the summer Olympic games-2020 is absolutely justified.

nevertheless, even today, when the situation escalates, the country does not cease debate about the exact date of the beginning of the games of the XXXII Olympiad. The most common is July 2021.

And on Monday, the head of the Games organizing Committee Yoshiro Mori made an announcement. Summer Games, which retained the name 2020, will be unveiled on 23 July 2021 and will be held from 24 July to 8 August. Date agreed with the IOC. But at the end of the week President Thomas Bach said that the IOC takes three weeks to think.