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The world’s oldest living person, 118-year-old Kane Tanaka, withdrew herself from the Tokyo Olympics torch relay today. And soon after, Japanese citizens started a petition to cancel the big-ticket event amid the COVID-19 surge in the country. This comes after it was reported that the government is mulling an extension of the state of emergency in Tokyo and three other prefectures.
There have been several calls from top Japanese administrators to cancel the Games, but organizers remained firm in their stand to go ahead with the event. Originally scheduled for 2020, the Tokyo Olympics was postponed by a year due to the pandemic.
With less than 80 days left for the Games, the rapid surge in coronavirus cases has raised concerns among residents as well as foreign participants about whether to go ahead with the event.
The Asian country has recorded more than 5000 new positive cases on an average for the last seven days.
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