TOKYO – The year of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is arriving. That would be 2021.Ever since the Olympics were postponed nine months ago, local organizers and the IOC have been biding their time.
They've said we'll have to wait until early in 2021 for details about how the Olympics can open on July 23 in the middle of a pandemic.That time is here.
The International Olympic Committee and Tokyo organizers will have to start getting specific in the next few months. Though modest by global standards, the virus is surging in Japan with just over 3,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19.
The variant strain has been detected in the country, and reports say vaccines will not be widely available until March; not to mention the availability of the vaccine in.