IOC Member Dick Pound Says Tokyo 2020 Games Will Be Postponed

A man wearing a protective mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo, Japan, on March 13, 2020. Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

TORONTO/TOKYO—The International Olympic Committee has decided to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games because of the CCP virus pandemic, IOC member Dick Pound told USA Today.

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.