‘Wash Your Hands’: Tokyo Governor to Residents Ahead of Olympics as Coronavirus Spreads

‘Wash Your Hands’: Tokyo Governor to Residents Ahead of Olympics as Coronavirus Spreads
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike delivers a speech during a ceremony in front of Tokyo Station in Tokyo, Japan on July 24, 2019. Issei Kato/Reuters
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TOKYO—Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike called on residents on Sunday to wash their hands and wear surgical masks to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus which has infected thousands around the world as the city prepares to host the 2020 Olympics.

“This is one of the things I’m very worried about,” said Koike on the sidelines of an opening ceremony for a 15,000-seat gymnasium in eastern Tokyo that will host volleyball and wheelchair basketball competitions this summer.