Tokyo Olympics remains on schedule: Indonesia s Olympic Committee
21st May 2021 1 hour ago
The members of anti-Olympics bring the banners, condemning the government s request to deploy doctors and nurses who will aid during the matches, demonstrating in front of Japan s Olympic Committee headquarter amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday (may 8, 2021). REUTERS/Issei Kato/RWA/djo (REUTERS/ISSEI KATO) Jakarta (ANTARA) - International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed to all National Olympic Committees (NOC) that the Tokyo Olympics remains to be held on schedule, on July 23-August 8.
Secretary General of the Indonesia’s Olympic Committee (KOI) Fery Kono made the statement towards the growing uncertainties over the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that have led to waves of rejection from Japanese citizens because it was deemed unsafe to be held due to rising number of COVID-19 cases.