A Tokyo docs’ physique has advisable cancelling this yr’s Olympics saying that hospitals in Japan are already overwhelmed on account of spike in Covid-19 instances in the nation. The Games, which have been postponed final yr because of the pandemic, are scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8. “We strongly request that the authorities persuade the IOC (International Olympic Committee) that holding the Olympics is troublesome and acquire its determination to cancel the Games,” said the Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association in an open letter to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
The association posted the letter on its website on Monday and is dated May 14.
“The medical institutions dealing with COVID-19 have their hands full and have almost no spare capacity,” the medical affiliation stated in its letter.
The authorities has prolonged its state of emergency in Tokyo and a number of other different prefectures till May 31 on account of a extreme scarcity of beds and hospital employees.
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