Tokyo postpones training for Olympics volunteers over Covid-19

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NSTworld: Some investors are starting to worry the epidemic could scupper the Olympics, which are scheduled to start in Tokyo on July 24.

Training was scheduled to be held starting on Saturday but will be rescheduled, the organising committee said in a statement released late on Friday.

Japan is facing growing questions about whether it is doing enough to stop the coronavirus, which emerged in central China late last year and has spread to 24 other countries. More than 400 Japanese and foreign passengers are set to disembark from the virus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship near Tokyo after weeks aboard in quarantine.

 

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