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July 21, 2021 04:24 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/21/22586773/who-olympics-tokyo-ioc-covid
WHO head cheers Olympic hope as COVID-19 cases in athletes village rise
Olympic athletes in Tokyo continue to test positive for COVID-19 by the dozens, the United States gymnastics team left the Olympic Village for a hotel in an attempt to avoid the virus, and the chief of the games’ organizing committee said there could still be a last-minute cancellation. Still, the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that the Tokyo Olympics could “inspire” and “bring the world together.”
“It is my sincere hope the Tokyo Games succeed,” said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday. He said it was impossible to expect zero cases of COVID-19, and that the most important thing would be to isolate people, contact trace, and stop the virus from spreading.
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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/21/22586773/who-olympics-tokyo-ioc-covid
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