Olympics Organizing Committee Member Suggests Delaying Games Over New Coronavirus

A reporter wearing a face mask stands next to the banners of the Tokyo Olympic Games during a Tokyo 2020 press conference about the spread of the new coronavirus in Tokyo on March 11, 2020. Behrouz MehriI/AFP via Getty Images

A member on the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee’s executive board said he’s going to suggest potentially delaying the 2020 Olympics for a year or two.

“We need to deal accordingly with (the crisis) based on reality. Time is running out,” Haruyuki Takahashi told Kyodo News, a Japanese news agency.