A doctors’ body in Tokyo has urged for the cancellation of the upcoming Olympic Games saying that hospitals in the host nation are overwhelmed due to a surge in Covid-19 cases in Japan.
Notably, the Tokyo Olympics, which were postponed last year due to the pandemic, is slated to be held between July 23 and August 8 of the ongoing year.
“We strongly request that the authorities convince the IOC (International Olympic Committee) that holding the Olympics is difficult and obtain its decision to cancel the Games,” said the Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association in an open letter to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
“The medical institutions dealing with COVID-19 have their hands full and have almost no spare capacity,” the medical association said in its letter, which was on its website on Monday.
Significantly, the Japan government has extended its state of emergency in Tokyo and recently, even the International Olympic chief was forced to postpone his visit to Tokyo.