The head of a Japanese doctors’ union said on May 27 that holding the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer, with tens of thousands of people from around the world, could lead to the emergence of an “Olympic” coronavirus strain.
Reuters: Tokyo Games could lead to Olympic coronavirus variant
Chairman of Japan Doctors Union Naoto Ueyama attends a press conference to demand cancellation of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on May 27, 2021. (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP)
