Will Coronavirus Take Out the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?

There’s growing concern that the deadly coronavirus sweeping the globe might force the first cancellation of an Olympic Games since World War Two. The International Olympic Committee and host nation Japan are holding the line that the Tokyo Games will begin as planned on July 24. But the risks of bringing hundreds of thousands of athletes, officials and spectators together in one city for the world’s biggest multisports event are growing ever more apparent after the coronavirus was declared a pa