Tokyo 2020 said 'unrealistic' in 2021 unless Covid-19 vaccine found


A passerby wearing a protective face mask following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease walking past a screen displaying logos of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Holding the delayed Olympic Games and Paralympics in Tokyo next year is "very unrealistic" unless a vaccine against the coronavirus has been found by then, a leading global health scientist has warned, according to a BBC report on a Saturday (April 18). - Reuters

TOKYO: Holding the delayed Olympic Games and Paralympics in Tokyo next year is "very unrealistic" unless a vaccine against the coronavirus has been found by then, a leading global health scientist has warned, according to a BBC report on a Saturday (Apr 18).

"We're hearing from the scientists that this could be possible. I had thought it would be a year or a year and a half away but we're hearing possibly this could come sooner," Professor Devi Sridhar, chair of global health at the University of Edinburgh, told a news conference.

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