you re watching cnn newsroom. coronavirus concerns are growing as we re just a little more than 53 days to the olympics. austral australian softball players are on their way to japan, among the first athletes to travel to the games. they are set to land in tokyo in the coming hours and when they do they will arrive as japan is under an extended state of emergency due to covid-19. the country s prime minister has called the situation unpredictable. cn cnn s angus watson is with us from sidney airport where those athletes just left from, and they must be worried enough just going to the olympics, and now the world is watching them as what is going on in japan with covid. reporter: a lot of apprehension here this morning at sidney airport as the 23
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coronavirus concerns are growing with about 53 days to the olympics. australian softball players are on their way to japan, among the first athletes to travel to the games. the team departed from sidney a short time ago and are set to land in tokyo in the coming hours and when they do they will arrive as japan is under an extended state of emergency due to covid-19. the country s prime minister has called the situation unpredictable. cnn s angus watson is following the developments for us from sidney. he joins us live. good to see you. talk to us about the australian softball team s journey to the tokyo olympics and how concerned are they about the situation in japan? well, there was some