Tokyo Doctors Call for Olympics to Be Cancelled Over Covid-19 Surge

Published May 18 2021 at 11:51 AM GMT

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A top medical organisation in Japan has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics, saying hospitals are already overwhelmed as the country battles a spike in coronavirus infections less than three months from the start of the Summer Games.
In an open letter to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, the Tokyo Medical Practitioners.