Doctors union in Japan calls on government to cancel Tokyo Games
From CNN’s Emiko Jozuka in Hong Kong
The Olympic Rings are displayed by the Odaiba Marine Park Olympic venue in Tokyo, Japan, on May 12. Carl Court/Getty Images
A doctor’s union in Japan has urged the government to cancel the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Members of the union went to Japan’s Health Ministry on Thursday to present a written request addressed to Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
“It’s tough for the athletes, but someone has to say that the Games should be canceled. We made the request (to the government) as we think medical workers have to speak up,” Naoto Ueyama, the head of the national doctor’s union, said in a press conference on Thursday.
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After three week of silence, Indian Prime Minister finally speaks out about Covid-19 disaster
From CNN’s Swati Gupta in New Delhi
Relatives embrace next to the body of a person who died due to Covid-19 at a crematorium in New Delhi on May 11. Money Sharma/AFP/Getty Images
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has for the first time in three weeks addressed the devastation caused by the second wave of the pandemic.
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