IOC Looking at Postponing Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Cancellation Not on Agenda

A group of students from Uruguay pose for a souvenir picture on the Olympic Rings set outside the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, on March 21, 2020. Gregorio Borgia/AP Photo

LAUSANNE, Switzerland—The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will look at postponing the Tokyo Olympics during four weeks of talks announced Sunday amid mounting criticism by athletes and sports officials during the CCP virus pandemic.

The Epoch Times refers to the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, as the CCP virus because the Chinese Communist Party’s coverup and mismanagement allowed the virus to spread throughout China and create a global pandemic.