Tokyo 2020 Committee says not at stage of deciding Olympics postponement - Kyodo

FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo, Japan March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/

TOKYO (Reuters) - A senior official of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee said on Saturday it is not at the stage of deciding whether or not to postpone or cancel the event, Kyodo news agency reported.

The committee member was responding to a request from Norway's Olympic committee not to host the event until the coronavirus spread is under control, it said.