Tokyo organizers downsize arrival ceremony for Olympic torch
Source: ABC News
TOKYO -- Tokyo organizers are downsizing the arrival ceremony for the Olympic torch because of the spreading coronavirus.
Organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori said Friday that 140 children will not be sent to Greece to give the flame a send off on March 19, a day before it is due to arrive in Japan.
“It's a gut-wrenching decision not to be able to let them perform,” Mori said, speaking in Japanese.
“Of course we are worried,” he added. “But the government is doing its utmost to battle the situation, and scientists are fighting against the challenges. I believe in the power of human beings and the efforts from around the world. But that doesn't mean will just wait and hope.”
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