Tokyo governor relieved at postponed Olympics

Tokyo Goverr Yuriko Koike expressed a sense of relief on Wednesday after anuncement that Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be postponed. On Tuesday, International Olympic Committee and Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee said that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and IOC President Thomas Bach agreed to postpone Tokyo Games until 2021 based on World Health Organization's view on latest development on COVID-19 global pandemic.

Koike stressed that stopping spre of virus in Tokyo was of utmost priority but ackwledged work to postpone games was "going to be tough".

Tokyo Games, slated for 11,000 athletes from more than 200 countries and at a reported cost of $28 billion, h been scheduled to start July 24.

y will w be pushed into 2021 on dates to be determined.

For most people, new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks.

For some, especially older ults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.

new coronavirus has caused a global pandemic that has sickened at least 422,000, killed 18,900 worldwide, crippled ecomies and forced restrictions on movement of millions of people in an effort to stop virus from spreing furr and overwhelming health care systems.