Nairobi, March 30 -- Ever since the coronavirus outbreak (with its resultant Covid-19 disease) was declared a pandemic on March 11, there were calls from various quarters on the need to postpone or ultimately cancel the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.
Last Monday, the Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe, told the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo that the Olympics cannot be held under the current circumstances and that there was need for postponement, which eventually happened when the Games were pushed to next year.
His statement came after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had initially withheld the decision to call off the Games by four weeks.
And as the numbers of new coronavirus infections started doubling overnight, count...