Japanese doctors call for the Olympics to be canceled due to COVID-19 surge

A group of Japanese doctors is backing demands to cancel the Olympics. The Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association in a letter to Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga called for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics to be called off due to the country's COVID-19 surge, The Washington Post and Reuters report. "We strongly request that the authorities convince the [International Olympic Committee] that holding the Olympics is difficult and obtain its decision to cancel the Games," the group said. These do...